This is an analysis of the poem Keep Your Faith Placed Safe that begins with:

Fortunes meant for you,
Are not for anyone else to keep....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaX dbdXbedX f XgXfgg ddaa aFACH Ch aFACH CH ECH AIH ECH AIHXIHIHIHIH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,1,6,4,5,2,5,2,3,3,3,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 111100101 0111100 000101 111011 10101010 1 0101011010 0011101 0100011001 1110101010 00100010 11010101 11011110 1001 0110101 11 10101 010110001 00110111 010011111 10101 001111 11011101 1010111 01 1101 01101 0010010 01101 0010010 1010111 01 1101 01101 0010010 01101 0010010 1101101001 01101 0010010 010111101 111111 0010010 1101101001 01101 0010010 010111101 111111 0010010 11111 0010010 11111 0010010 11111 0010010 11111 0010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, they are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word maker 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 Keep Your Faith Placed Safe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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