This is an analysis of the poem Time With Faith that begins with:

Give what you've got to never stop,
Your dreams to keep there on top! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaBC DDAC EFEGEXh DDAc EFEGEXX DdAC EfEGEXh AaBC HCICHCIC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,4,7,4,7,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1101111 11011111 11001100 11001111 11111101 1011101 01000100 10110101 1100100 10110101 1101001 10110101 10000 01010001 11001111 11111101 1011101 01011100 10110101 1100100 10110101 1101001 10110101 10000 010110101 11001111 11011101 1011101 01000100 10110101 110100 10110101 1101001 10110101 10000 0101101 11110101 11011111 11011111 11001100 11110101 11110100 111111010 0111100 11110101 11110100 111111010 0111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, you are repeated.

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

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

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