This is an analysis of the poem That Is What A Kept Faith Does that begins with:

After one has become accustomed,
To experience repeated attempts to reach peaks......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdca bXXcdbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101101010 0010001001011 011011110 01101000110 111000101 010011111 10100010101 101001011 010010100 010011 1010111 0100010010110 00101 101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of That Is What A Kept Faith Does;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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