This is an analysis of the poem The Maid Of Jerusalem that begins with:

Maid of Jerusalem, by the Dead Sea,
I wandered all sorrowing thinking of thee,--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb aadd eeccXaaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001001011 11011001001 11001011001 11011101001 11111010001 101011001011 11101101111 011111001001 01111101111 00101001001 11001101101 01011001101 010001011101 11101001011 11101001011 01101101001 1110010001011 111001011011 110010101101 01101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; where, thy, as, think are repeated.

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