This is an analysis of the poem Religion that begins with:

Alone, yet not alone, the heart doth brood
With a sad fondness o'er its hidden grief;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccdadeefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0111010111 00110100101 1001010101 1001000111 1101010111 1101010111 1111101110 1111010110 1111110101 1101010101 01010101001 1101110101 1111011111 1000101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 649
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; with, have, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Religion;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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