This is an analysis of the poem Credo that begins with:
Creo que si ... I believe
it will rain ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cddX eXcf acbc XXfc gXXh ijjb aeff Xbaf jgji bfkj djfh lffa laddXkeke
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 001 011101 01001 01000010 101111 0101011 1010 1010001 1000 01010 010101 11010 1010 10010 10110 10001 110000 111 101010 011 1100100 01110 10001 0110010 00110 110110 010110 00001 00000 0001 011 1001 1111 1101010 10010010 101101 101010 11101 111010 010111 10111010 01101 101011 110101 10001011 1010 101 111 111 1011 101 101001 111101110 101 11 10110100 01011 1101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, still are repeated.
The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines not, there are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases older, perish, was, not connect the lines.
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- summary of Credo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Robert Creeley
- Analysis of For the Graduation [Bolinas, 1972]
- Analysis of For the Graduation [Bolinas School, June 11, 1971]
- Analysis of Love Comes Quietly
