This is an analysis of the poem Haunts Of A Demon (Extract From Saul) that begins with:

The Jewish king now walks at large and sound,
Yet of our emissary Malzah hear we nothing:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcd efcghXheXfijcXkkhXaXdfhfhXXgijc fXhdbXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,31,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101111111 1011010101110 1111010101 0111011111 0101010111 1001010101 1111011111 01111101010 11010011010 0111111101 0111111000 01010111010 1011110101 10010100010 10110101111 01011101110 11010010101 11111010111 1101011011 1001100100 1101010100 10011010001 1101010111 1111110101 110001010111 11011010111 10011111010 11011100111 1110010101 1101010101 1011110101 0011010101 100101111010 1001111100 1011010011 01010101010 01111101111 10110101010 1001000110010 0101010101 11001101110 10111111110 1111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, in, or are repeated.

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