This is an analysis of the poem Antichrist, Or The Reunion Of Christendom: An Ode that begins with:

Are they clinging to their crosses,
F. E. Smith,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBabcdXXabab ebebcacaXXXb XBXbdfdfgXgb hbhbijijaXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100110 111 10101110 111 111010010 10100110 1010010100 1010011000 00101010 010111 11101110 111 1010111 101 1010111 111 00101010 1010101 10100110 1110101 11101010 0010100 101010101000 101 0011100 111 0010111 111 10101110 1010101 11101010 1010001 11101110 0111111 10101010 111 0110111 111 0110101 101 11101110 1111111 11111110 1010101 10101110 10111100 10101010 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 420
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; smith, your, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, do are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word smith at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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