This is an analysis of the poem Obsessed To Possess that begins with:
Pray many do with a faithfulness claimed.
To then be chased away from it, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacXdX eXXXebc X b XXda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,1,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001001 01010100 010111110 0101001111 00101 00101110010 100101011010 110101010 1010010101 111000100010 010111101011 01001 01110101 1011111001 1101110 10011 11 11100010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.
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