This is an analysis of the poem Not On Their Agenda that begins with:
I make no decisions for God.
God makes decisions for me....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXcX XXXcXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101011 1101011 111111111 1011111 0010101010 010111010 0010010011001010 0101101101 1101110111010 1110101 1100101010 11101110010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 12
- 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; and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase god connects the lines.
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