This is an analysis of the poem What Is Christ? that begins with:

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OH, what is Christ, that we should call on Him?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbaXbbacdeedc Xdffddffdgahhag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101111111 10010000101 1001010101 101010101 0111010100 1101010011 11001110111 1111110100 0100110101 1111011111 0101111101 1011010111 1001001101 10101010101 1 1101011101 1100111101 1101001001 0100110101 1101110111 1001010101 1101110101 1011010111 1011011101 1001001101 1001111111 1101110101 11011010111 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; not, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of What Is Christ?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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