This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 01 - Part 03 that begins with:

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"Turks, Persians conquered, Antiochia won,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabababcc Xdbdbdbee XccccccfX Xghghghii Xhchchcaa XjjjjjjdX XbfbXbfff Xckckckbb XclclXlff Xdadadacc XmhmhmhnXXjhXhjhjj XjjjjjjXX Xnananacc XXejejell
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,18,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1010101001 010011101001 11011111101 1110011101 0101010111 0101010111 0101011111 1001100101 1 10111011001 010110011 1101010101 0001001101 0101011101 11001011101 1111010100 0101010101 1 10101110100 1111010011 1111001011 01100101001 0101100101 11001010101 0110011101 010001010010 1 0101010111 1101011101 10101011101 010111111 1101011101 1111110111 1111010101 1111111101 1 10101110101 1101100101 11010011100 0101110101 01110001001 01001010101 110101001010 01010101010 1 101010101001 1100111101 1100010111 1101010101 0101110101 0111010111 01010101101 111111110100 1 11001011101 1101001111 0101010101 1011011100 10010011101 1101010101 0100010101 1101001110 1 01011110101 1001011011 1001010111 0101111110 01011001001 1100010101 0101010111 1011011101 1 1101010111 1101001101 1101110001 011011101 10110010110 1001011101 11010101001 1111110101 1 0101100101 100110001001 11011100111 1000111101 0101110111 1110110100 10010101001 110010111001 1 1111001001 0101011101 11110010111 1111110111 10010010101 01111110100 010101101 1111010110 1 0111110011 1111010011 0101110110 01010100101 1101010101 1101011001 1010010100 1101100101 1 0100101101 111110101 1101010101 1001111111 1101011101 010101011 1101110110 11001010100 1 1101110111 1101010101 1101111111 1111010101 0111010101 0101111001 1100010111 0101011011 1 1001010110 0101000101 0101110101 1101000101 0110001101 1001110101 1101111101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 135
  • 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; of, and, to, with, his are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase spring connects the lines.

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