This is an analysis of the poem With A Claim They Have Faith that begins with:

Those that do not stand up to the plate...
Yet in remarks berate the ones who continually do, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111001 100101011010001 111010010001011010 001111 1110010110110 11101111011101 0010 100101010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of With A Claim They Have Faith;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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