This is an analysis of the poem Mosque, Temple that begins with:

Let the pavilions of religion
be ground to bits, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXabX cccbcac X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 100100010 0101 1010101100010 010110 101110010 1101010110110 110111011 1011001001111 0100110100010100 1111010100011110 101001101 11110101011 001001 10110101 011101010100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; let is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word let is repeated.

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