This is an analysis of the poem The Heavenly Jerusalem that begins with:
Here may the band, that now in triumph shines,
And that (before they were invested thus)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbccc dbdbbeee fbfXbaXa egeggfff eaeaaffa ebeabhhh iaXaajjj ikikklll kmkXmkkk nbnbXjXj iaiaannn cbcbbXeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110101 1101100101 01010101001 1101010100 1101110100 11010101010 10110110110 1101010100010 1111101101 1111111110 1001111101 1011010101 1101011101 1101010101 1111110101 011101011101 1101110111 11010010011 1111110101 1100110110 1100011101 11010101010 11011101100 111111111110 1111010101 1011111111 0101011111 1111111101 1101011101 1111111111 1111111011 111111111101 1111111001 01000011101 0101011101 1001010101 1101010101 1101101101 1111110101 110101111101 0101010101 0101010101 1111010101 010100101 1111010101 0101010101 1101110101 111101011101 010010010 1001010111 10101000 1101001111 1111110101 1111011101 1111101111 111001110101 1001110100 0111010111 1101010100 1011000111 1110110111 1011001101 0101011001 111010100111 0011010101 1101111100 0101010101 11001010100 1101110100 1100010101 0100110101 110101010111 0101110101 01011101001 0111110101 11110101001 111001110 10000110101 0101111110 110111110111 111110111 1111010101 1111010101 1011010101 0111110101 1101110111 1101001101 100101010001 1101010111 01001110111 1100101001 11001010101 1111110101 10010101000 0111011101 1001011110000
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, their, no, and, yet, all, they, of, to, can, your, every are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, the, and, a, that are repeated.
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- summary of The Heavenly Jerusalem;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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