This is an analysis of the poem Your Beliefs that begins with:

Your beliefs are fading faster than a speeding bullet.
Quicker than belts can be located between a young man's waist......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXbX CbX CX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010101010 10111011010111 101 01001110 10111111001 101011010 10111010 101010011010 101101110110001 10111010 11010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Your Beliefs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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