This is an analysis of the poem Strength Kept In Faith Delivers that begins with:

It takes incredible determination,
To heal from a nagging internal pain....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaXabb AcbcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010001010 0100100101 01111 10010001 01001001010 110100001 01010001010 00111101010 011111001 10100101010100 01010001001010 1101010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Strength Kept In Faith Delivers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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