This is an analysis of the poem A Jewish Legend that begins with:
I like that old, kind legend
Not found in Holy Writ,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb daea fghg ighg abjX fgcX hfff iaea aXcg ffhf bdjd hhbh Xhghg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 110101 1111110 1110100 1100110 101101 0101010 110101 10101010 010101 1101011 001101 1001110 110111 1101110 100111 1111010 110101 1101010 110111 1101010 011111 1001110 111111 1100010 111001 1101010 111101 0101110 010111 0111110 011101 1011110 110101 1101010 110001 1101010 111101 1100010 010111 1101111 110111 11101110 110100 1111011 010111 1010010 1001001 1111010 010001 11110101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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