This is an analysis of the poem Bayit 13 that begins with:

Everyone seeks a perfect faith; rarely some one seeks a perfect Love (Divine Love) ,
They ask for faith but not for love, for this my heart is...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110011101110011011 1111111110110101 010010011110101010101 11011101101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 77 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; love, faith, of, for are repeated.

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  • summary of Bayit 13;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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