This is an analysis of the poem Israel that begins with:
When by Jabbok the patriarch waited
To learn on the morrow his doom, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcdXdbbbeeX effegghhg eebijibXjfcgcgcechebiiX aaeefafagX dXXddedeXkik
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,9,23,10,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010110 01101001 1010010010 01011011 101001001 11001001 01001101 11111010 101101001 111010111 001101011 011011011 011110010 1010011010 1011111100 110110010 01001011 001011001 01001010 11001011 01011111 1010010010 1010010010 11001001 0010011010 1010011010 001001011 1011010110 101001011 1011110110 001001011 101001100 101001101 110110010 01011001 111101001 101101011 01111001 101011001 001010011 101101001 111010010 01001001 11101011 0011010110 011010010 11011111100 11011101 001011101 110111010 0010011010 1110010010 01101001 10100100010 11001011 101011110 1011100010 01101011 110011001 1100011010 01001111 1110011010 11001111 010011010 01101001 011010110 11111011 111011010 11001101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 530
- Average number of words per stanza: 92
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, to are repeated.
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- summary of Israel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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