This is an analysis of the poem I Am An Atheist Who Says His Prayers that begins with:
I am an atheist who says his prayers.
I am an anarchist, and a full professor at that. I take the loyalty oath....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X b c c d d X b X e X a X e f c XXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111001101 111100101010111101001 110101110101010111001 1110001001100111010011100 1111111101011110100100100 01001011111010001010111101 1101010111111101010010100010010111011010011011000001 10101000100111111111000100 11001110101001110111110100101000110000111 110010010101000100010111101111010 11010100010110111100111111010 1101001101101001001000111100000100101001011010111011010111010011111111011 11110101011011100101101001110111 01010101001100100 010100101100001111111010111110 1010001011111010101111111001111110110 010111010100100010010100101101010001010010100100110001000100101010010010101101010011011111010101110110 1100111011101111100111100010101110000111011101001110101110111 10111011111011001101110
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 133 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 25
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, of, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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