This is an analysis of the poem Knowledge Of God that begins with:
So far from praising he blasphemes
Who says that God has been or is,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaaa bbbbb cdccd eXeeXXdbddb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101100 11111010 11110101 11010111 101100 11110101 11011101 01110111 10101101 101101 1101111 11010101 10011111 11010110 011100 01010001 11010010 11010101 01111111 110111 11010101 11010101 11110111 11011101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; god is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
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