This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 01 - Part 01 that begins with:

THE ARGUMENT.
God sends his angel to Tortosa down,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbXdd eaeaeaeaa XdfdfXfbb Xgcgcgchh Xhghghggg ehdhdhdgg edgdgdgXg XbibibiXg XgegeXeaa XahahahjjXcgagagagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100 1101001001 1001010111 1101110001 1111010111 11001011101 110001111 011010111 0111000101 1 0101010101 101100101 1111010111 10110011101 0111010101 010111010 01010111001 0110111011 1 11001110101 101110100001 1101010101 01011001101 0110111110 1101010101 0101110101 1111010111 1 1011010101 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101010111 0101010111 0101010111 1101110111 1 1101010111 0101011101 0101001101 1101010101 0111011101 1101010111 1101010101 1111011011 1 1001010101 0111100101 11110100001 0101111001 1101110111 110100101 10010111001 1111111111 1 1001110101 0101100101 11011101101 1111111101 1001010101 11011100101 1001110101 11011100101 1 0101011111 1101101101 1101010101 10110101101 11010111001 1001100101 1111110110 1111010111 1 11111101001 0101010101 11011001101 110111011 11110101100 010101101 110111011 11010100101 1 0101110101 1101010101 1011011111 1110110101 10010101011 0101010101 1101101101 11010010101 1 1011010111 1011010111 01010101011 110101010 01110101101 0111010100 1011011101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my, we, your, you, both, that, he are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Jerusalem Delivered - Book 01 - Part 01;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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