This is an analysis of the poem Allow Me To See My God that begins with:

To see my God in his temple
Allow me, I beseech....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXbcb Xcccddad X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110010 011101 11111101 111 100111 1011111 0100011 01111 111010101 110110111 11010100100 111110111 110101111 1101111111 1101110 111111011 0101100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; i, he, my, hindu are repeated.

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

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