This is an analysis of the poem Church Building that begins with:

Uncle Jacob often told us,
Since freedom blessed our race... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba cded fgXg fhbh hcXc Xcgc XXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011 110111 11101010 110101 1111111 010111 11101110 010101 1101110 1010101 11101010 1011101 10111010 011111 10101010 110101 11111010 110111 1111010 011111 110110010 111101 11101111 100101 1111010 110101 10100010 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his are repeated.

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

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