This is an analysis of the poem Joseph’s Dreams And Reuben's Brethren [a Recital In Six Chapters] that begins with:

CHAPTER I
I cannot blame old Israel yet,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdede eeeeafgf hididfefeajaklel iibiibfb emnmiioi iipiiPqp bdidbeie bipiepXp qadaibeb idbdihph ipipdehe X bfrfphhh eieisbsb fdXdrrrr edgdhrpr tbjbdpup XbebefXf bpdpejij dbrbXioi difijbdb jbebidis veveihwh srurwaqX eahafidi dmXmdvkv bdkdrXXb ibhbiie
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,5,2,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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11011001 101011 11010001 101111 11011111 110101 10010101 111111 11111111 111101 11011101 110111 11110100 111111 11110101 111101 11000101 110101 11011101 110101 01011101 111101 11110101 110001 11010101 111101 10110001 100111 01011101 110101 11011100 110101 01100101 111101 11110111 010101 10011001 101101 11011101 010011 01010111 010101 11010101 011011 11010111 110111 11011111 011011 11010101 000111 11110101 110101 11011111 110001 01010011 111100 111111110 110111 11001000 111111 01110101 110011 11010101 111010 11011001 111001 01011001 111101 111110111 111101 01110101 111101 1110101 101101 11010101 110101 01110101 110101 11011101 110111 11010101 110101 11010111 110111 01111101 110101 11111101 001101 01011111 100101 01110101 110101 01011101 110101 11010101 111111 01110101 111101 11011111 11111 11010111 010101 10110101 100100 11011101 100101 01010110 110101 11011111 110001 11010101 111101 01111101 111101 11011111 010111 101 01010100 011111 11110101 110101 11111101 010101 11111101 110101 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  • Amount of stanzas: 129
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 996
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, of, his, and, dream, on, he, to, they, each, that, as, them, sent, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, he, they, for, a, with, ye are repeated.

    The author used the same words he, the, and, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines s is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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