This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 01 - Part 07 that begins with:

LXXXVI
"I see," quoth he, "some expectation vain,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabababcc XdbdbdbeX Xffffffbb XfgXgfgeh XhXhhehhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1010111010101 0111011110 1101110011 1111111101 1101110111 0101110001 1101011111 0101111011 1 1011101110 1101010101 1111110101 0101011101 1101110101 0101011101 1111111101 110111010000 1 11010001001 1111011101 1001001101 0100110101 0101110101 0101110101 1011111101 0101111101 1 010101101 01011101010 01011001110 111100010010 1101010111 11111101010 10100111001 100011100111 1 1101010101 0101110100 1111011001 1101100101 0101010101 0111110111 110101101 0011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • 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; they, their, in, not, his are repeated.

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  • summary of Jerusalem Delivered - Book 01 - Part 07;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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