This is an analysis of the poem Fanaticism Is Not Religion! that begins with:

Bullying, hypocrisy or fanaticism: that's not what religion is all about
According to all scriptures, fanatics are disciples of the devil: no...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff gghX bbee aadd cccc aacc iiaa ffee jjcc ccff hhkkcc XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10001001010101110100101 01001100101010001011 0111001001100101010 1101110101101011110 1011010100100110010 101010111100100010 1101011110110001 101011010111101 11011110000101 101001001010000010001001 1110111110111010 11101001101101010010 1111010001111011 11111011101100101 11011010100111 11100101010101111010 100110101111000101010 110101011110101001010 0010101011010111 01111101110111001011 101001010011111100101 01010011101101100101101 011010100011101010 010101110100101010 0101010010110010010010 11101010100011010 111010010101001001 1001101101010001001011 1001001001010010101 1110100111011101 110101100011001110 110101011001011001010 100100101011010 11001010111011111110 11100010111001111011 0010011011111111111 101101111010100101 1100101100110010010 0010101001010100111 111001100111 101001011011001100101010 111010111011010010 111010111010010101010 111000011110100101101010 111010110011011110010 1110110110111000101010 11111100111 1000111101111 01001111101 10010101101101 1111010111 011011101001 111001010111010 00101110110100100111 0100100101 0100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, to, or, why, some, his, of, and, their, they, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, his, they are repeated.

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

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