This is an analysis of the poem Davids Lamentation For Saul And Jonathan. that begins with:
2. Sam. 1. 19.Alas slain is the Head of Israel,
Illustrious Saul whose beauty did excell,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbcXXXdXddbbaXcccXeebbXXbXffaaccccccbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111101001010 01001110010 0111010011 1001011101 0111010101 110010100 1100010110 10100001111 1101110101 11010110110 1101010111 1101011111 1101010101 01011100101 1101001101 1001110101 0101010101 0101001101 1001110101 0101011110 1011001101 1011111101 1011010101 1011010111 11011001101 1101111101 1101010101 1101100100 1101110001 1111110001 1101000101 0101110011 1101001111 0101111101 1011111100 1111000101 0101011100 1101101101 1101010001 111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1683
- Average number of words per stanza: 299
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nor, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words lest, nor are repeated.
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