This is an analysis of the poem Talking About Faith that begins with:

Those who give from their hearts,
With an unpremeditated doing......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbcXd XedXfaa ffXXX gXchXc XdhXX X geXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,5,6,5,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 0110000010 101110110 11101101 101010000 10111100 00010101111 11010111 10110111 0100001001 1101010110010 0101000100 1111010010 101011100011010 111000100111001 0011101110001 1111101011 01111100101 1101101111 10 01 011 01011 1110011 111101 1 11111011101 111 1100 11110 1 1001 11101001010 1 11000
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Talking About Faith;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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