This is an analysis of the poem Only Breath that begins with:
Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu
Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX aX aa aX XX bb aX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11011110111 101011110010 110010111001 10111001011 0011100101001 0101001111101 1111000011001 010101011110 1001011010001 00100101011 101000101101 1111111011 111010101 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
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- summary of Only Breath;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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