This is an analysis of the poem On The Road To Jericho that begins with:
On the road to Jericho
Mark the stricken one,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXbbbcbdefeXgAg AegeehihbfXffbAb AgcghiXidXbeXcAc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 10101 1000100 10101 1010101 10101 1000101 10001 1010111 10111 0110101 10011 100110 11101 1010101 01101 1010101 10101 1011101 00101 1110101 10101 1011101 11001 1010101 10101 1011101 10111 1110101 10101 1010101 10100 1010101 10111 1010101 10101 1010101 10011 1010101 11111 1100101 111010 1010100 11101 1110101 10111 1010101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 402
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thee is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words prone, now, publican, he's are repeated.
The author used the same word on at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sun is repeated).
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