This is an analysis of the poem Alexander Jannaios And Alexandra that begins with:

Full of their success, thoroughly satisfied,
King Alexander Jannaios...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXBXacXDeXdXceXBfXXXcaXDef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101100101 1101010 10111010 110100100 0010001 11001011101 011010110100 101101010 110010100 10100101 01110100110 10010011 10100001011 010101010 1101010 10111010 1100010001001 01110101011 111010010 1010101 101010101110111 1101110101 011010110100 101101010 1010010100 010001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 941
  • Average number of words per stanza: 148
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, jews are repeated.

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