This is an analysis of the poem God Is My Supply that begins with:

Whatever I want or believe I need,
God is my supply....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC ABadd EFG ggggg EFG ABCdX X XXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,5,3,5,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110111 10101 10010101110 1101110111 10101 1101100111 1010011 11001010100 1110101110 1011110101 00100011100 111011011111 01110111 01010001 001110111 111010111 1110101110 1011110101 00100011100 1101110111 10101 10010101110 1111 110101110110 1 11 111111 10 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.

    The author used the same words whatever, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of God Is My Supply;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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