This is an analysis of the poem The Rat Of Faith that begins with:

A blue jay poses on a stake
meant to support an apple tree ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefegbheehXijeecikXXelcdmmbefXgckfkXhiihbeedlbjbae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 53,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 10011101 1010011 101110 10100110 1110010 0111101 01100101 1111011 011101 00011 01101111 111111 0110100110 11001000 111011 00011100 101011 1010001 10100010 1100111000 10101111 1110110110 11011100 01110111 0101001 1110010 1011010 0011010 1101011 1011101 010100101 111010101 1111101 1101101 11010100 101111 0111100 001011 1111101 11010010 11100110 0101111 11111111 1110011 01111 10010110 1011011 1100011 0111011 0110111 1110101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1614
  • Average number of words per stanza: 304
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • 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; his, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines city is repeated).

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  • summary of The Rat Of Faith;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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