This is an analysis of the poem Faked Faith Tolerated Fades that begins with:

Some more will come.
Thy 'Will' for them......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcXc DEDFDFC GfBGf GfBGf DEDFDFCXGfBGf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,5,5,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 1110 001 1110101 0101001001 0010001010 010010100 1010101 101110 101 100 110111 0100 001111 0111010 1 101 0111010 1 0111010 1 101 0111010 1 1010101 101110 101 100 110111 0100 001111 0111010 1 101 0111010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase is connects the lines.

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  • summary of Faked Faith Tolerated Fades;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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