This is an analysis of the poem Wrestling Jacob that begins with:
FIRST PART.
Come, O thou Traveller unknown,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbccc dedeff cgcgFF hdhdFF bibihh a jejekk cacakK lklkkK agagkK cmcmkK cgcgkK cXcdkK
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11 11110001 11111101 11000101 11110101 01111101 11010101 11111111 11110001 10111111 11111101 11111111 11111111 01110011 11001011 11011111 01001101 100101111 11111101 11110101 1110001 11110111 01010111 100101111 11111101 11110101 11000111 110100011 11111111 11110111 11001101 101 10111111 11000101 10110101 01011101 11110111 11101101 1011011111 11110011 01010111 11010111 01011101 11011101 111100101 01001101 11111101 11110111 01111111 11011101 11110111 10010101 11100101 11111001 11010101 11011101 01010011 110010001 10110101 11011101 11011101 11011101 01010111 11111101 11001101 11011101 111100101 11011101 11111101 111101100 11110111 11010111 11010001 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, thee, me, thy, love, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, my are repeated.
The poet repeated the same words know, love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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