This is an analysis of the poem Ballad Of Jesus Of Nazareth that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bCdcec fagaba XXhfcX geeeie fjkjaj iXlmXm mlelel X aebene illlhl dopofo heceqe fgenrg acbcfc fmhmfm X falaia kiaqei lisigi eedege mtetlt oaraXu lebefe hasaea blllml tXmufu qioifi dXvelE alglcl wrerkr cfhfaf eflfff alulml X ldbdfd blilcl aIciXi Xlelml a
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 01011111 111101 11010101 110100 11110001 110101 010111001 010101 11011111 011101 11111111 010101 01000100 011100 10010111 010111 11110111 111110 10110101 011101 11011101 110001 11110111 011101 11111111 111101 011110101 111101 11110111 111111 11110101 1101010 110110111 0010111 11011100 110101 11000101 110111 01111111 011101 11011101 110111 1 01010101 111001 11111101 010101 110100101 01011 11011001 010001 01010001 111101 11010101 110111 01011111 010101 11011101 110100 1101111 1100101 10010100 010101 01011101 1011001 111101010 111101 11001101 110111 11010101 100101 111011001 110101 11010101 1101001 11011101 1010101 11010101 110101 10010101 111101 01110101 010101 11010111 110101 1 11010101 011101 11110101 110101 01101111 101101 11110111 110101 010101001 01100 01010111 110101 11010101 110101 11110101 010101 11010101 110111 1101011 110111 111100101 1010101 11010101 110101 01010001 010101 11011101 011001 11011111 010101 1111011 010101 11010101 111101 01010111 010100 11010001 110111 01111101 110101 11111101 100111 10110101 110101 10100101 010111 11010101 011101 11110101 110111 11011111 010111 11111101 110101 10011101 11010 110100101 010100 11110101 100100 100101010 110101 110010101 110101 01010101 110101 111101011 110111 01010101 1110100 11101111 010001 01011101 001111 110011101 110101 01010101 101101 10010101 011001 11011101 110011 11010101 111101 1101011 110101 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 01010111 010001 111100101 010101 11010101 010001 11011101 010101 110110100 110111 11010111 110101 1 10010101 110101 11111111 110111 11110101 010101 10110101 111101 01010111 110101 11110101 110101 11110101 110101 11111101 1100101 1001100 110001 0111100 110111 11011111 010101 11110101 010111 1 01110101 1111010 10100101 1101010 11100101 0101010 010010111 110101 01010101 111111 11100100 010100 11011101 100101 11110111 101101 11011101 1010100 11110101 110101 11110101 0101100 11011111 110001 101111010 010001 10011111 1101101 11011111 0010101 11011100 0100101 01110101 100101 11010111 100101 01010111 110001 100100101 110101 01010101 010001 11010101 110111 11010101 010111 11010101 000101 11010111 011101 11000101 011101 11011101 110101 11110101 101101 11110111 1100001 11111101 110101 11110101 110111 11110101 010101 11010111 010001 11011101 110101 01010111 011101 11111101 110111 11111101 010101 11111101 0101001 01011101 100111 11110101 110001 01010101 010101 110010001 010101 11010110 110101 100101100 110101 101010101 111001 1101110 110101 01010111 0100101 11110111 110101 11111111 110101 110010101 011101 01110001 110101 1 01011101 1110101 01010101 00111010 11010111 1001100 01011001 101111 11010101 0010101 11011101 111101 11011101 011100 11010101 110101 11011101 010101 11010101 010101 01010101 110101 11110101 111101 11010001 110101 11110101 010111 10010101 010101 01010101 110101 110010101 1010111 11110101 110101 011000101 100101 01010101 110101 101111101 0010101 1 01110101 110101 11010101 010111 11110101 111001 11110100 110111 0110101 110111 10010101 010100 10110001 110101 11111101 110001 11010101 011001 11011101 1100101 01010101 010101 11010101 110011 01101101 110011 11010111 111101 11110101 110001 11111101 110101 11110111 010111 10011111 010101 10010101 1101001 10011101 010110 11010101 110010 11110111 010111 11011111 011111 10110100 011101 11011101 100111 11111110 100101 11010111 010110 10011101 101110 11010101 110101 11011101 010111 1100110001 1111001 11110111 010100 01010111 011100 1 01010101 110001 11010101 100101 11010001 010101 11011101 0101001 11010100 110101 11111101 011101 11010111 011101 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 11110101 010001 11110101 001100 11010100 010101 01111101 010101 11111101 110111 11000111 111101 11011100 110101 11011111 110101 11111101 110111 10010101 100101 11011011 100101 11011101 110101 010100101 100101 101010101 0010101 1010110111 00100101 011001101 110101 11111101 0101001 100110101 111101 11010101 101101 11011111 110001 11011101 0101001 11011101 110101 01010101 010101 11110001 111101 010010101 110101 1010111100 10100101 110100101 111101 01010111 1011101 110010101 010101 10101101 011111 110110001 010101 01011101 010100 11010001 010111 11110111 0100110 01010001 110010 1100011 010101 1 10110101 010111 11010101 11101101 11010111 100101 110101001 111100 11100101 110101 10010101 010101 01110101 010001 11010101 1011101 1110111111 1110101 11010100 10100101 11110101 001101 11010101 111101 11011001 010111 11010111 011111 11111101 110101 100101001 010111 01000101 10100101 11000101 101001 10100111 1111011 11110101 110101 11111010 100111 11010100 110001 1101111 010101 10010001 11111 11000101 11011011 00110001 000101 1010101001 110101 11011111 010100 11010111 1010111 101011101 0101001 11010101 1110111 111110101 110101 11010101 001101 1 10010101 1010011 11110101 1100101 1010100101 111101 10010101 010101 01010001 010001 11011101 010101 0101011 1010111 01011101 1010101 01111111 1010111 11110101 1010111 11010111 110101 11111101 110101 11011101 1001001 1010101101 1010111 11110111 0011101 101010111 1011100 11111101 010100 101010111 010100 11111101 110101 11010101 100101 11010101 111001 11110101 100111 1101101 110101 11110101 010111 01011111 010001 11110101 110101 101010101 110101 10111101 011100 11010101 11010 10110101 111001 11110101 11100 11000100 111001 11111011 011001 110011101 110111 11110101 0100101 01011101 010001 11110001 110101 11110100 00100100 01110101 010100 1 01010101 111101 11010101 110101 11010111 010001 11010101 010101 01111101 111111 11010101 11001 01010101 011101 11010101 010101 11010111 010001 11010100 110101 01010110 1011001 10010011 110101 11010100 010101 11010101 010101 11110101 010001 11010101 011001 110101001 110101 11010101 010111 101010101 1100101 11010101 1010111 01110101 110101 0110001001 111001 01011101 001001 11010001 010101 11110101 110101 11110101 110101 1101100 110101 1101100 110111 01010111 010101 110011101 010001 1111111 1010101 11010111 010101 11011101 011001 11010101 1010111 101010111 011111 1011010101 110101 11011101 110101 01010111 011101 11111101 110111 11111101 010101 111001001 110101 101011101 101111 10010111 01110 01011101 010100 11010101 110111 101011111 111101 11010101 110101 10000111 011101 01001111 101101 110100101 010111 11110011 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 137
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 768
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to, he, some, as, what, they, roots, his, who, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, some, from, that, what, a, he, liker, out are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, he, and, when, god, but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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