This is an analysis of the poem Reformed Apologists that begins with:

Socially accepted name soiling,
Of those reformed apologists....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABBCX bcaada XABBCX ddXede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010110 01010100 1001110110 1011010 101101001 01101 1000110 10101010 10110101 010001 0010101 1010111 100010110 01010100 1001110110 1011010 101101001 01101 100010110 11010010 1010010 1100100101010 0001001 010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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  • summary of Reformed Apologists;
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