This is an analysis of the poem Your God, His God, My God that begins with:

Your God tells you
To love Him....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaa Xaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 011 0111 011 1111 110011 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word him at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Your God, His God, My God;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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