This is an analysis of the poem The Wandering Jew that begins with:

I saw by looking in his eyes
That they remembered everything; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcd cefeXXgX acacdgcg gededeXe XahXdege icecagag chdhagjg gadajhch ecXcgdkd cadadgXg aikiegcg gfjfaiXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110001 11010101 10111101 11111100 11010101 01000101 11011111 01011101 010011001 11110101 11010011 11010100 111111010 11011000 11010101 11111000 01111101 11011101 01111101 11110101 11001101 11111001 11001101 01011101 10111101 01010100 11111101 01010001 10011111 010100110 01000101 011000100 01110101 11111111 11010101 01011000 11011101 110101001 10010101 11000101 011111011 01010101 010010101 10110101 01010100 11010101 01000101 10110101 11011101 01011101 11011101 11010001 01011111 100110101 10011011 11010111 01011101 01000111 11111101 11110111 11110111 11010101 11001111 10110100 11110100 11010101 11110110 01011101 01010101 11110001 11111111 11011111 10111101 11111101 01010111 11011101 11010101 11100001 11110111 01111111 11111101 11110101 11110101 11010001 11111111 01001100 110010101 01010111 10110111 01001101 110001101 01011101 11111111 11101101 11010111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, or, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, as are repeated.

    The author used the same word before at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Wandering Jew;
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