This is an analysis of the poem The Savior Must Have Been A Docile Gentleman (1487) that begins with:
The Savior must have been
A docile Gentleman—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX Xcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110 010100 01111101 110100 010101 111101 11011110 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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