This is an analysis of the poem Today With Faith that begins with:
If I had committed my efforts,
To pretend I was without doubt or fear......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFgfdac ghXhdGaGe ABCDEF igiggcfge X I X I X I X I XX I XX I XXXI
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,9,6,9,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011010110 0011101111 1101110 10001001 010101 11101001100 0010011000101 01001000111 1101111101001 100010111111 010001 11100101 111001100010 0010011001 1111001100010 01011111011 110110 010110111 110110 0110110 011010110 0011101111 1101110 10001001 010101 11101001100 0101 111100011 01011 111111110101 1111010111 11101111110 0010011000 0001101101 010101 1001111111011 11 100111101011 11 10011111011 11 10011111111 11 1 1001110110011 11 1 1001110110011 11 1 1001110110011 11
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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, they, i, it, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Today With Faith;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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