This is an analysis of the poem The Don'T Believers that begins with:

The new - fangled churches that don't believe I things
Aren't the churches that satisfy me;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacaC dedefXfC bdbdXcdC bfbfgcgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011010110111 1001011011 101011011011 110001111 1011101101101 111011011 111011101101 110101001 11010111011 110110001 010110111011 101101111 11101011011 11111001 111011001111 110101001 10011001001 01011001 11001111101 11011111 0110101111011 110111101 11101101111 110101001 11101101001 111101111 101001001101 101001111 101001111011 101111001 0010010111111 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; that, believe, some, they, of, ', an', i, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, an', i are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word god at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Don'T Believers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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