This is an analysis of the poem It Is Needless To Ask Of A Saint that begins with:

It is needless to ask of a saint the caste to which he belongs;
For the priest, the warrior. the tradesman, and all the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010010010101101 10101000100110 10110111011 001100110100110 0101110100010100 10101010101 010100101011 111100110111101110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 453
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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