This is an analysis of the poem Simple Trust that begins with:
Still, still, without ceasing,
I feel it increasing,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbbc ddeXfe ccgffg hhiffi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110 110010 010010010 11001 111001 001111001 111001 11101 11001101 11110 01101 10001001 11001 111101 01111001 11001 101011 11011001 01001 01001 11011001 001001 10001 101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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