This is an analysis of the poem God Is Not Some Mindless Creation that begins with:
On these battlefields they leave no triumphs.
They leave no scars or wounds to pride! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbccac XdddacX bcXdeXbdbXeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111110 11111101 1001010 011001010 010101001 0101 1111 11100110001 111001001 00111111001 10011010 0011010 11010111100 1010101 11110001010100 111010010 101011010101 001101 11001001011 10010101010 01110110010 1001001000101 11011001010100 101110111 11 101110010 010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
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- summary of God Is Not Some Mindless Creation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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