This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of Sisera that begins with:

When Deborah the prophetess ruled in God’s land,
And Sisera died under Jael’s fierce hand, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 110001001011 1100110111 01011101001 101001101001 11110101001 101101001001 101011001111 01001001001 11101111101 11101011001 101001001001 101101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 591
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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