This is an analysis of Who Is A Christian? by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Who is a Christian in this Christian land
Of many churches and of lofty spires?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacdeXXXeXbacfXfdeaXe
  • Stanza lengths: 23,
  • Metre: 1001000101 0101010101 1111010101 1101000101 1101011101 1111010001 1101000111 1111010101 1100110001 1101000101 1101001011 1011110101 1111001101 1101011101 1101001101 1001000111 0111110111 1101010101 1111010011 1111110001 1011010100 1101010011 11010101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 23

Repeated words/phrases

of, he, with, on, and, his

Anaphora

who