This is an analysis of the poem Trust that begins with:
I am thy grass, O Lord!
I grow up sweet and tall... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc cdcd ecec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 111111 11010111 011100 111101 011101 01010101 011111 010011 101110 11111111 100101 111011 110011 11110111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the, love are repeated.
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- summary of Trust;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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