This is an analysis of the poem If Men that begins with:

If men are habitations of God, we should fall at their feet
But we should leave alone their habits and goals....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011100001111111 11110111011 100001011 1111101 110001001 101110010100101001000 11101001111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of If Men;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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