This is an analysis of the poem He Is Claimed To Have Your Complete Devotion? that begins with:

The behavior of your religion sickens.
And the wickedness observed that you portray......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXccba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 00100101010 10100011101 01011110111 11111111111 110101101010 1110 1111101 0111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; you is repeated.

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  • summary of He Is Claimed To Have Your Complete Devotion?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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