This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 01 - Part 02 that begins with:

XI
Thus when the Lord discovered had, and seen...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbcdd XeceXecfX XeXXcecee Xgcgcgccc Xecececbb Xcdcdcdaa XXhiXihjj Xgegegekk Xclclclee Xkckckcll XmgXgmgkk XXgXgXgaa XchchchXa Xbhbhbhbb Xfefefeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101010111 0101001101 1001100101 01010011001 1111011100 0100010101 01010100101 1111111111 1 01011110001 1011111111 1001011101 1111010010 0101011101 1111110001 1111011101 01011000110 1 0101010101 0101010110 01010101100 0101001011 1001011111 11010010011 0101111101 11001010101 1 0101110101 1001100101 0111010101 1101110111 1111011101 1011010101 1100110111 1101010111 1 1010011101 0101000111 010101011 0101110101 10101011001 1101010101 0101000101 110101101 1 1000111000101 0111110111 11010110010 0101000111 1011010101 1001010101 01011100111 11110111011 1 10100010101 0011101011 1111010111 11111011010 0111001101 0111010101 11010101010 10011101010 1 1101010101 0101010101 01111111 0111101111 1101011111 11011010111 1101010101 00011101001 1 01011101001 1001011001 1011011111 1001010101 1101010101 0101010101 1111110101 1111110011 1 0101011101 1111100101 1011110101 110100101 0101010111 0100010111 1101010101 1101110101 1 10011010101 010101001 1101010111 110011101011 1101010001 1100010101 1101111001 0101000111 1 10110111101 1011011111 11010011110 0101001111 0101011101 11011111001 1111101101 0111011101 1 10001101101 011010101 0101010011 010111111 01011100011 1100110100 1101110110 0111110101 1 100010010001 1101001101 1011100011 0100111111 1101110110 1101011101 0101010101 1101110101 1 101110111001 1101010101 1011110011 0101010101 11100110101 1101110101 1101101101 100110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 135
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of, and, to, his, what, he, some, our are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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  • summary of Jerusalem Delivered - Book 01 - Part 02;
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