This is an analysis of the poem Inasmuch As Ye Did It Not . . . that begins with:

If Jesus came to London,
Came to London to-day,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdefe ghghichc gbXbjbdX akfkljmX njgjgcgX geoeggag XoaocaXa gldliagX icXXmncX ijbjongn gagambgb ncgcghgXXeagaecac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 101001 11110011 111111 11001010 00101001 11111110 1101001 11010010 1010001 110010010 11111001 11111110 1110111 111111001 11101111 00111110 111111 11110010 1111111 11110011 111111 11110110 1111111 1101111110 00111011 11101010 1110101 110110011 1101011 111010010 1111000 1111111 0111101 11010110 1111101 11100110 1100111 11101110 011111 1011010 01011101 101011110 1010111 10110110 111011 11110011 11001001 11111011 1111001 100110101 1011001 11101010 010101 11010010 1101001 111100010 1111101 11111110 1111011 11111110 1111111 111101111 0101010 110011010 1110101 1101111011 11111010 11101110 01101111 101111011 111101 11101010 11111101 00101101101 10101101 110010011 11111111 110111110 0111111 11110110 011111 11111010 110111 101111110 01110101 101111110 010101 11101011 1111111 111110010 1101111 10111111 1011011 1111010110 1111010 11111110 01100101 11111110 111111 1011010 0111101 1100111101 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, they, you, millions, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and, they, they'd, that are repeated.

    The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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