This is an analysis of the poem Not Believing In The Resurrection that begins with:

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Not believing in the Resurrection,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXcd Xa X aeceXbc X XfgegfXd X fXafeffd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,2,1,7,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010001010 11001010 1101101 011011 11011 010111 1 0111101 0010001 1101010111 1010001 10100101 110101010101 1010001 1 1101111 10101010 110011 10010101 11011010 11011 0101000100 10110 1 11011 11110110 1011001 1011101 10010111 0100111 101101 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

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