This is an analysis of the poem Gibeon that begins with:

When Joshua, by God's command,
Invaded Canaan's guilty land;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa aabb aacc ddXX ddee aaaa aaff gghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 01010101 10010101 01011101 11010101 01010101 110010101 11011101 10111101 11011001 11000101 01110101 01010101 11111101 110011101 01110110 11010101 10010101 11010101 01110101 11010101 11111101 11010111 11010101 10111111 111111001 01011101 110010111 01010111 11110001 11111101 01110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, my are repeated.

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  • summary of Gibeon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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