This is an analysis of the poem He Led Them By A Right Way that begins with:

When Israel was from Egypt freed,
The Lord, who brought them out,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab baba caca dbdb baba ecec fefe gcgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 011101 100100101 110101 01010111 110111 10111101 110101 01010001 110111 11001101 011111 11010101 011111 10110101 011101 00111101 110001 01110111 110101 110111111 010101 11001101 110101 01111101 011101 11010111 010101 11011001 110101 11011101 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; them, to are repeated.

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  • summary of He Led Them By A Right Way;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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