This is an analysis of the poem Part Of The Fifth Scene In The Second Act Of Athalia that begins with:

Enter, as in the Temple of Jerusalem,
ATHALIA, MATHAN, ABNER... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cccdXeXd XdeeffeeeeffffffgghhffeedddXhhcciiggddjjeXeaaeeeeeedXffkkkk beXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,59,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 101001000100 01001010 10 1011000101 11000110101 1101110111 1111100110 1101010101 01010101100 1001110111 0100 1111011101 1111010101 0111000111 1001011101 1011000111 1101111101 11001010101 0101010001 010110001001 1101001101 11101010101 1101000101 1101110101 01010010011 11010011001 1101000101 1111110101 1111010101 01001010101 1101010101 10101011101 1011110111 1111010111 11111100111 1101000101 1011111111 1111010100 0101010101 0110111101 1111011101 1101010101 1100010101 1101110111 0111010001 0101010001 1101010111 1010011101 11110010001 1001010101 1101010101 1110100100110 100101111101 0111110011 10101001101 10001010101 101001011101 1101110101 10110111101 01001011101 1111010101 0111011101 1101000110 1101010101 1111010101 0101011101 0101000101 10001010101 0110110001 10 110101001 10 11111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 634
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 75
  • 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; your, i, his, my, her, in, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, tho' are repeated.

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