This is an analysis of the poem Religious Beliefs To Keep that begins with:

Religious beliefs to keep.
And followed faithfully....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaacdX XXbXbXbXX X XedbbcXeXd XXXecee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,1,10,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101 110100 1110100 11110000100 100100 00110110010010 01010001 11010100100 111000010001 101101011000 110101111 0011110 11011100111 10101111110 1101110010101 11010010010 11000101000101 1010010100010 1101 1111100 10100100010 11000111 01010010101000 11110010 10001011101 100000100 10010101101 10111010 1 110111101 1 11 1 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, or are repeated.

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