This is an analysis of the poem So Thoughtless Are We that begins with:

Easily God is with us to please.
Caring that our needs are met....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBD EF GHXi IJBbbb igkga ihfbhcicb ikX cgX ABCBD EF GHi I JBalX bmbmam klX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,4,6,5,9,3,3,5,2,3,1,5,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100101 1011111 0111010 0111001 10111 10111010 1100001 100101001 110101 110101 010011101 11010 1110001010 001 11000101 10001 11001 1111110 001000111 11011 1100001 1001001100 111110 01010101 1010101111 11011101000 1011111 101011 00100101 1101 0010001 01101000111 1000 01011110001 11011110 11101 1011101 100100101 1011111 0111010 0111001 10111 10111010 1100001 100101001 110101 1101 11010 1110001010 001 11 11001111 11 11 011011 010110101 1111 111100 111111 11101011 1111 11001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; to, we, of, god are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase we connects the lines.

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  • summary of So Thoughtless Are We;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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