This is an analysis of the poem It's My Faith that begins with:
What is it that keeps you committed.
And......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaBaBA AaBaBA CBCBX AaBaBA CBCBX AXX bXX bXX AaBaBA daCDaCDaEDaCDaCDaEDaDaDaEX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,6,5,3,3,3,6,26,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111010 1 1001110100 1 10011111 10101 100111010 1 1001110100 1 10011111 10101 11111 0110 11111 0110 11111 100111010 1 1001110100 1 10011111 10101 11111 0110 11111 0110 11111 100111010 1 011111 11001110100 1 011111 110011111 1 011111 100111010 1 1001110100 1 10011111 10101 111 1 011111 011 1 011111 011 1 10100 011 1 011111 011 1 011111 011 1 10100 011 1 011 1 011 1 10100 11
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; that, faith are repeated.
The author used the same words what, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words sealed, ' 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 It's My Faith;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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