This is an analysis of the poem Who Is A Christian? that begins with:
Who is a Christian in this Christian land
Of many churches and of lofty spires? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacdeXXXeXbacfXfdeaXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001000101 0101010101 1111010101 1101000101 1101011101 1111010001 1101000111 1111010101 1100110001 1101000101 1101001011 1011110101 1111001101 1101011101 1101001101 1001000111 0111110111 1101010101 1111010011 1111110001 1011010100 1101010011 11010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1005
- Average number of words per stanza: 180
- Amount of lines: 23
- 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; of, he, with, on, and, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
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