This is an analysis of the poem The Destruction Of Jerusalem By The Babylonian Hordes that begins with:

They left their Babylon bare
Of all its tall men,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdXd eaea bcac Xfaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 01011 010110 111100 1100101 011101 011101 110101 1110011 111101 010110 01100100 111101 110101 01111100 1100101 1101001 110111 110010101 00101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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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