This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 01 - Part 06 that begins with:

LXXI
Aurora bright her crystal gates unbarred,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXababaaa XacXXacbb Xbdbdbdba Xbabababb XefXfefgg Xbhbhbhii Xcacacadd Xbjbjbjcc XbXbXbicc Xckckckbb XlilXlXhh Xjmjmjmee XXcacaccc XfafXfagg Xcjcjcjnn
  • 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: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 01010101100 11111101001 1101110101 11001011110 1100111101 0101110101 1001010011 1101110101 1 1101110111 1101010101 1101110100 11001011101 0101110101 100111101 11010011011 0101010101 1 1101110101 0101011101 11010010111 010011101001 1101010111 0101100101 01011100101 0101010111 1 1100001101 0101011101 110111011 11010011101 0101110101 01001110111 1101110101 1101001111 1 1111010111 110100010111 1111110110 1101111111 1101010101 11001101001 01011110001 1101010101 1 01010001001 11010101010 0101010111 11111100010 1111010111 11010111110 0101011111 0101010101 1 1011110011 0101010111 1001010111 1001011111 1101100111 1111111101 1001110011 1100110101 1 0101010111 1101001101 01010010101 011100101 11011100101 0101001101 0101100101 1101010111 1 110110101 01110111000 0101111111 01010011100 1101100111 0101111011 0101011101 1111010111 1 1101000111 0101011101 0101110111 0101111101 1101011000 1101011101 1001110111 1101111001 1 010101011 110101011 0101010101 11000100101 01001010111 1111110010 110101101110 11100101010 1 01010101011 11101111011 11011101001 01110111111 0101010101 01011100011 0110101011 011001101 1 011100100 101110001 0101110110 0101011101 1101011101 01011101010 0101110111 1011011101 1 1101010111 0101010011 010111011 1100011110 1101110101 1111001001 0101110101 1111010101 1 0101010011 0110110101 1100010101 1111011101 11011001001 11011000101 010101011 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • 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; to, some, and, no, his, he, each, on, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, the, no, and, from are repeated.

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  • summary of Jerusalem Delivered - Book 01 - Part 06;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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