This is an analysis of the poem You Didn'T Understand that begins with:

Vacuous Julian had the following to say
about our religious beliefs: 'I read, I understood,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001010001 01101001111101 110011101010 111000101 100111110110 110111110101 111011101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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.

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  • summary of You Didn'T Understand;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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