This is an analysis of the poem Jericho; Or, The Waters Healed that begins with:

Though Jericho pleasantly stood,
And looked like a promising soil;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaaaa cacadada ebebeeee acacfgfgXebdbeaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 11101001 01001101 01001001 01011001 11001001 001001011 01101001 11101101 01110001 01011001 1100101 11010001 11011001 11001001 11101001 11001011 11001011 11101001 11111010 0100111 01011011 11001101 11011001 11101000 01101011 11101001 11001001 11001111 11011111 11001011 11001101 11101001 110001001 01001001 01011101 01001101 01111101 11011001 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; how, he, and, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, how are repeated.

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