This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem that begins with:
I wept until my tears were dry
I prayed until the candles flickered...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccdaebecfgXfghiXaheeXXchhiXddhdhcehe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 110101010 1101011 110101011 10100010010 010101111 10100010101 010010101 1111 1101001011010 1111010 1101110 10110101 1101000100 110010 1111010 1101 10100010010 011100001 1010010 11010010 1011101 1011010 1010010 1011 1011 1010011 1010011 0110101010 10101001 1101 01010001 01101 11100101 1101101 11101 11 0101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1118
- Average number of words per stanza: 201
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, until, who, your, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, your, who, oh, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Jerusalem;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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