This is an analysis of the poem Religion that begins with:
I AM no priest of crooks nor creeds,
For human wants and human needs...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaabXbccdXdee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 11110111 11011101 11011101 11011101 01111101 111101001 11110011 00010111 00010101 10111110 11111101 11010100 11110101 01011111 100111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 545
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; human, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word is is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Religion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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