This is an analysis of the poem On A Mission With A Kept Belief that begins with:

What inspires more than flattery,
Or the giving of it......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcbX bdbcb AXbaX XXcXX edeXX FBEXFBEX FXFXFXF FBEX FXFXFXF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,8,7,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111100 101000 001011110100 101000101 001000101110 111010010100 0111011110 10100100101101 101001010 001101000 10111100 101000110111 011101111111 110100110100100 0110010001100010 11010001011101 1 1000100101010 001011001001100 101010100011010 1011 010111010 1011 01011001001 1011 0101000101 010 11011 11 101000101 010 11011 11 0101000101 11 101000101 11 0101000101 11 101000101 0101000101 010 11011 11 0101000101 11 0101000101 11 0101000101 11 101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word i'm 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 belief is repeated).

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

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  • summary of On A Mission With A Kept Belief;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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