This is an analysis of the poem Religion And Doctrine that begins with:

He stood before the Sanhedrim;
The scowling rabbis gazed at him. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaabbccdd eeXfgff Xcffgghh gggggg ffff ddbXbbd dffaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,8,6,4,7,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100 01011111 110101111 11111111 11011101 01110101 010101111 01111111 01110111 10110101 11110111 11101111 11111101 11110101 1111 1111 11111111 1101010110 01011101 01010101 11010101 11111101 11111101 11111101 01010101 11110111 11110101 11110101 10110001 11010101 11111111 11110110 10111111 11111111 11111111 10110001 01100101 01110111 01111000 01000111 11011101 01111101 110011101 11110111 11011101 11011111 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; thou, he, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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