This is an analysis of the poem God Provides that begins with:

Even when others turn their backs,
God provides to compensate......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaa Xbc XcaacX Bbd BCACACXdabCc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,3,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 1010101 100110101001 101100111 1011111 010011000111 01110110100 101011100 001001010101000 101111101 011001 1110110101 0101111 101010101 110110101 0101111 101 1010010101 101 1010010101 101 10110110101 1010001 1010 101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word god is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines provides is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word provides at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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