This is an analysis of the poem Joseph Made Known To His Brethren that begins with:

When Joseph his brethren beheld,
Afflicted and trembling with fear;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcbcb dbdbbaba aeaefbfb gbgbahah ijijkfkf XlblmdmdXbgbgdbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 010110001 01001011 01011110 01001011 01111011 11101001 11001011 11011011 11111011 11101010 11101111 111011011 11011111 11111111 11111111 1100101 11010001 11001011 11001011 11011111 01101010 10111101 10001001 11111011 11001001 01001011 01001001 11111101 1101111 01011001 0101101 11101111 11001001 11101011 1000101011 11011111 11111111 111001101 11101001 1110111100 11011001 11111001 11011111 11011001 11101001 11111101 11001111 11001001 11101001 01011111 11011101 11001001 11101001 11011001 01011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, thee, i, thy are repeated.

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