This is an analysis of the poem True Faith Is Never Replaced that begins with:

Live everyday to be bolder.
Why claim to have a faith, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcd adXe FGcDB HdI hdI gdI gdI DdI jdI gdI FGcDB HdI cdI fdI fdI DdI jdI gdc aXacce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,5,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010 110101 00101101 111100101 111 11110 001011010 1101101 111111 1101 11111 1 101 0111111 101011001 0 011 101100001 0 011 10010011 0 011 10111011 0 011 101111001 0 011 0101001101 0 011 11111011 0 011 1101 11111 1 101 0111111 101011001 0 011 1011000101 0 011 1001001101 0 011 10111101 0 011 101111001 0 011 0101001101 0 011 111110101 0111111 001000111 1101000110 1100111 1101010010 11111 1101011 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 76
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    The author used the same word having at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of True Faith Is Never Replaced;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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