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

THEY say the Lord of time and all the worlds,
Came to us once, a feeble, new-born child ;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabaa XbXXbaa dXbebdd cXXeXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 1011010111 1111110100 10010110101 1100010101 0111101111 0101010001 1011010100 1101110101 11011011111 11100010101 1101110111 0101111101 1011010100 1011110101 1011111101 1101110101 1011110100 1101100101 10111101011 1101111111 1101110101 1111110101 0111110101 110101001001 0111001101 1101010101 1011010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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