This is an analysis of the poem Sold On Beliefs To Keep that begins with:
Sold on beliefs to keep them.
Sold on beliefs to keep....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABA ABA ccdecAB EfGecAB DDEHe IGIGIGIGG ABA ABA EfGe DDEHe IGcXaj AAj AAjXAdeaj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,7,7,5,9,3,3,4,5,6,3,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 110101 1101010 1101010 110101 1101010 101 01 101011 1 1 1101010 110101 101 1010 1001 01 1 1101010 110101 101 111 101 00111 1 00 101 00 101 00 101 00 101 101 1101010 110101 1101010 1101010 110101 1101010 101 1010 1001 01 101 111 101 00111 1 00 101 1 1101 10010 1 1101010 110010 1 1101010 110010 1 1101010 110011 1 010 1
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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; sold, on, beliefs, to, keep, them are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sold, life are repeated.
The author used the same word sold at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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