This is an analysis of the poem If I Did Not Believe In Miracles that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaaacXadbXX eCdf ghhcigbbjh eChXkbhf ahdaldadk jl hXcaX gehe XbejibXaljlhahb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,4,10,8,9,2,5,4,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100100 0101 1110 11010 100100 101 110110011000 100 10110 11010101 001010010 11101001 1101001010 1 110 110001 1001 1 101 1110011011010 011000 110 0110101011 110101010 11111101001 10111 11101011 1 110 010111110011 111 110111 011010100 1010 11001101 10101010100 11101110100011 101100 11101011 11 1 1010111 10101 1101101 111110101100 11 10101 101110 111010010100 001110100001 101001010101 1011 111010 0101 11010 1011100100010 11100101101 1 10111111011110 110 10111011001 111101010001110 011 110101011010 11110100101101 10 111111111010 01 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases can, president connect the lines.
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