This is an analysis of What Is Christ? by Katharine Lee Bates.
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OH, what is Christ, that we should call on Him?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabbaXbbacdeedc Xdffddffdgahhag
- Stanza lengths: 15,15,
- Metre: 1 1101111111 10010000101 1001010101 101010101 0111010100 1101010011 11001110111 1111110100 0100110101 1111011111 0101111101 1011010111 1001001101 10101010101 1 1101011101 1100111101 1101001001 0100110101 1101110111 1001010101 1101110101 1011010111 1011011101 1001001101 1001111111 1101110101 11011010111 1001011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
not, to
Anadiplosis
love
