This is an analysis of Strange Gods by Alice Duer Miller.

THE great religions, like men great of mind,
Draw to them even those of hostile view.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101011101 1001010011 10001000101 0101011101 0101111101 11001010101 1101110011 11000101100 11010101001 0011011101 1101111111 1011010101 1101010101 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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