This is an analysis of the poem Keep It In The Right Perspective that begins with:

Keep it in the right perspective.
Your faith....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDECCABCDECCA FEGH iiEJg ABCDECCA KCI ea FEGH iEJXA KCIABCDECCABABCDECCABABAXkia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,4,5,8,3,2,4,5,28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001010 11 111111010 01 01010111 111 1101110101 10001010 11 111111010 01 01010111 111 1101110101 10001010 010110 01101 10101111 101011011 01001 111 10111 1010010 1010101101 10001010 11 111111010 01 01010111 111 11010101 10001010 0100101 111 01010101 010001001 0101010 010110 01101 10101111 101011011 01001111 10111 1010010 1110101 10001010 0100101 111 01010101 10001010 11 111111010 01 01010111 111 11010101 10001010 11 10001010 11 111111010 01 01010111 111 11010101 10001010 11 10001010 11 10001010 10101 10010101 010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same words emotions, it's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Keep It In The Right Perspective;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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