This is an analysis of the poem With Their Devotion, Faith And Love that begins with:

I have loved and laughed and cried.
And today I am so filled with joy, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCAdXeX bCdXXeXdXXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 101111101 01 1111111 01 11111 011001 101101 10111101 01 11111011 01 00100110 1100010 00111010001 10 01010111 1111 00100010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; and, i, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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