Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The poem is written from the perspective of a first-person speaker who is characterized by the intensity of her religious faith.
Form and Meter
The poem is written in four quatrains with an ABAB rhyme scheme.
Metaphors and Similes
The speaker compares other beliefs to weeds and froth on a stream in the lines "Worthless as withered weeds / Or idlest froth amid the boundless main."
Alliteration and Assonance
There is alliteration in the M and W sounds of the lines "That move men’s hearts, unutterably vain," and "Worthless as withered weeds."
Irony
N/A
Genre
Religious poetry
Setting
The poem is not given a specific setting
Tone
Fervent and appreciative
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist of the poem is the speaker. The antagonists are the individuals who do not share her beliefs.
Major Conflict
While only a portion of the poem is dedicated to it, the major conflict is the frustration the speaker feels with people who subscribe to beliefs that she has deemed to be lesser.
Climax
The climax of the poem occurs when the speaker describes God's omnipotence in detail.
Foreshadowing
N/A
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
N/A
Hyperbole
The line "And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear" is a hyperbolic way of describing the security the speaker finds in her faith.
Onomatopoeia
N/A
