This is an analysis of the poem In Salutation Of One God that begins with:

Let them spread jealousy, prejudice and defamation,
We will offer justice, peace and one God's proclamation....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd bbee ccff gghh iijj aaXX jjhh kkhh eeee iijj kcaa jjaa aaaX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110010011010 10101011111010 1011001011101 101101101111 101101111010 1111110100110 11101011010101 111011001001011001 1110111110011 111111001010101 1101101001001101 1011101001111 11101000110110011011010 11000101001010101110110 1110010100110001101 11100010110101001101 1010100101001011 1011111010010001 1011111110001001 111010110010111001 10110110101111 1101001100111101 010101111110111 101010101100001001 0010101110110100 1000100110111011010 01010101010110011 1101101011110111 11110101000101101 1011111010111101 1101001011110 0111010011110 11100101111101101 11011010110111 11111111111101 110110101010111101 10100011010110101 0110110101001111 0101001100111101 10110100110100101 1101001111010110 101011011110110010 111010111101010 11001010111111 111010100101010101 110100011101101010 11101001010101111 001010111110111010 0101011101011111 100100010110101 111011101110010 111111111011101010 1101010111111010 110111111111001010 1001110110110110010 101011011001111000 0100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (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; and, they, we, seek, from, let, in are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words let, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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