This is an analysis of the poem Religio Medici that begins with:

God's own best will bide the test
And God's own worst will fall;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab ccbc XdXd aEae bfbf Xgag cXdf hehX fgfg XiXiXcEbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 111101 11111111 110001 11000101 111101 11111101 100101 01010100 010101 10110110 010101 10110101 101100 11010101 110101 11001101 010101 11110101 010101 11011001 011001 01111101 110101 11010101 11010110 10111101 110011 11010101 110011 11010101 110100 11010101 110001 01110101 110101 11011101 110101 11010101 111111 11110100 101100 11010101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, to, and, test, he, them are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Religio Medici;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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