This is an analysis of the poem Hate You, Christ, I Do Not that begins with:

Hate you, Christ, I do not, or seek. I believe
In you as in the others gods, your elders....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXb cabX aXcX XbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111101 01100101110 111110111 1111010 11111100110 111010101110 111111110 101101010 1110010111 111110010110 11100101 10101011 110101000011 0100111000110 110110011 000100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; i, you are repeated.

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