This is an analysis of the poem The Believer's Danger, Safety, And Duty that begins with:

Simon, beware! the Saviour said,
Satan, your subtle foe,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd ebeb ffff agag caca hihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 101101 01010101 110101 11011111 110101 11010001 111101 01010101 111101 01010101 010101 10100101 110011 11110111 011001 11010101 111101 10010101 110111 11110101 110101 11100101 010101 11010111 111101 11110101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Believer's Danger, Safety, And Duty;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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