This is an analysis of the poem Lament For Israel that begins with:
Where is thy home in thy promised land?
Desolate and forsaken!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabcaccadXddXefeef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101101 1001010 01011111 111010101 1010111110 100101101 1001010 01101111101 11101100101 101001110 110100111 1001100 0100100111 10010011 01001010 1001011001 1011110 101101101 1100100101 010110110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 728
- Average number of words per stanza: 130
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; thy, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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