This is an analysis of the poem What Is The 'Orthodox' Difference that begins with:

There is too much hypocrisy expressed,
In religion....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCX XXdXc dXeea e deeaadd ABCX a XdXdXX eXeXeXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,1,7,4,1,6,7,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010001 0010 11010001 10011000 001001000 010110010101 111000100100 110100100111 111 01001100101 100010 110010010 111010100110 110110 11101100100010 100100100 1101110010100 1101000100111 110010010101 010101111101 10101 0010111101 1011010001 0010 11010001 10011000 1 10100011000100101111110010 101011111111100001010010001010 100100111000101000101010 110100110100101101 10101001101000010101010010 100101011 000101001110011000010 100101001011010001 10001101011000101000010 01010010100110010101010010100101 111111000010 1001001010100 10110101010101010010100101101 1001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; too, of, in, and, hebrew, as are repeated.

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

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