This is an analysis of the poem Raised From Birth that begins with:

People do not suffer,
From their faith....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcddedc eefXgXcX bdagheeg ge hgdhhXcbfXfh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,8,2,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 011 1101000010 1011110 101000101 1011011 110101 11001 11101001 01101 100100100 1110010 0010010 01011010 001011 0001001000 101000100 10100100100 1010101 0010110 11101010 10101 10011101 0100010101 10110101 1111 010000010001 11001110101 10111000110010 1000100 110110 1000001001110 1001110001 0101101 011111101 11010101 11010 101 11010 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word people is repeated.

    The author used the same word people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ones is repeated).

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