This is an analysis of the poem Saul's Armor that begins with:
When first my soul enlisted
My Saviour's foes to fight;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXacac adbdcece afaffafa gagacaca hbhbgaga afafhihi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 110101 0101010 111110 110110 110011 110101 010101 1101110 010101 1111110 110101 0101110 110101 0101110 11101 1111010 110101 0101010 111101 1111011 110101 1100011 111101 1001110 110011 11001110 110101 1101010 111110 1001010 111101 1101010 111101 1111010 110101 1111010 111101 1111010 111001 100101 110111 1111010 010011 0101010 110101 1111011 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, to are repeated.
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