This is an analysis of the poem What Think Ye Of Christ? that begins with:

What think you of Christ? is the test
To try both your state and your scheme;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dadadede efefagag hihihdhd jkjkegeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101001 01111111 11001001 01111001 11001011 11001011 1100101 11011111 11101000 01111011 11111011 11011011 11011011 11101001 11001001 01101101 11101001 11111001 11101001 11111111 01011011 01011111 11001111 11001001 11101011 11101001 11011011 11001101 11001011 11101101 11001010 01001001 01101011 11111111 11111111 11111111 11011011 11001101 11001001 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; you, i, they, and, my, from are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word some at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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