This is an analysis of the poem Bar Kochba that begins with:

Weep, Israel! your tardy meed outpour
Of grateful homage on his fallen head,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcXcdcdbdbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 110110111 0101010101 1101000101 10001011000 01001010101 0101010000 01010010111 00110011001 1111010111 01110100011 01010100001 1110110101 0111010111 0101010101 10010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 631
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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