This is an analysis of the poem My Religion that begins with:
My religion's lovin' God, who made us, one and all,
Who marks, no matter where it be, the humble sparrow's fall;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ccddbb eeeebb aaccbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1010101111111 11110100010101 11010101010111 111001011101001 010111111111011 11010101110101 11111101110101 110100101110101 11111101111101 110000101111111 11010101111101 11011100110001 1010101111111 11110101010101 01010101111101 11011100110101 11011101110111 11000101010101 01110101110111 01011111111101 11111011011011 11110101110101 11101101111101 11010101110100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', i, to, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, an' are repeated.
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- summary of My Religion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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