This is an analysis of the poem Religiously Humanistic that begins with:

My writings are often depicted as political.
And I am religiously humanistic....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdecdfeXXeaXcddfee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001010100 11101001010 010101111010 1101 1100101 0100100110 1101000100 1110101 101010010 0100111010 011000010 110100 10010010001 101 01001010011 00101010 11110001 110010001101 0110011101 010111 1010001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 676
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Religiously Humanistic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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