This is an analysis of the poem If Christ Came Questioning that begins with:
If Christ came questioning His world to-day,
(If Christ came questioning) ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcXabB dBddXbB cBcccbB aBeeabb fBeefbB eBddebX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0111000101 011100 1111010111 1111010111 1111011011 1100010101 011100 0111000101 011100 1111010111 1111110101 01010101010 1111110101 011100 0111001001 011100 1101010001 1101111111 0111010101 1101011101 011100 0111000101 011100 1111011101 1001010011 0001111111 1111010100 111100 110111000010 111100 0101010111 1111010111 01010100110 0111110101 111100 1101011110 111100 10111100101 1111110111 1111111101 1101000111 011100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; questioning, came, christ, if, or, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word questioning at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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