This is an analysis of the poem Gautama Christ that begins with:

The names of God and especially those of His representative
Who is called Jesus or Christ according to holy books and ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdeadXXcaXdfdbaXdfdgeg ddgaXdXdhdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011010010010100 101101101001011 111 111011111 10101000101 101010010 1101111101010 11101010 111100100111 1010101010 011111110001 1010101 1011011011010 101101110100 1110101010 110001 0111110101 110110011101 101 100101010 0100100100100 1100100111010100 0100111100101010 0100010 0101010101100110 11101011101 01101011110 1110100110 11010110101 110001000110101 011100011011101 1101001101000010 1110010101101 1010 1111100 11111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 815
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, of, by, themselves are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, we are repeated.

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