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

THE ARGUMENT.
Ismeno conjures, but his charms are vain;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdbdcc efcfcfcgg Xfhfhfhii XfaXafagg Xjjjjjjff efafafXkk eeaeaeaaX XakXXakkk XebebXbaa Xkdkdkdll XkaXakXii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100 1001010111 10001010001 01001100101 01010111010 0101111101 11011100010 1001100101 0101010101 1 1101010101 1001100101 1011101111 1101111111 1001000101 1111010101 1111010101 11010110011 1 0101101101 1111010101 1001011101 1001110101 1011110011 1101111101 00101010101 10001100100 1 1010011111101 0101100101 11111101100 1101010101 1101110101 1111011101 0101011101 1101110111 1 10101001101 1110001011 1101110101 1101110110 01001011101 1011010111 1111010101 1011010101 1 10001010101 1101011101 1101010101 0111010101 1101110101 1001010101 11001110101 01001110111 1 10101110101 0111110101 0101010101 1110010101 1101001111 1101110101 0101011101 11110101100 1 01101010 1001000101 0101011000 0101011110 1001010101 0111011101 1001010101 11001011111 1 110110001001 1101001101 1101010101 1111010101 1001011110 110111101 1101000101 1101011001 1 1100010101 110101001010 1001010101 11110111010 1101011101 11001101010 1101010101 10111101001 1 01010101001 1111110111 00011101100 1111011100 0101010101 1001110110 1100100101 01010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • 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; their, and, to, in, each, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

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  • summary of Jerusalem Delivered - Book 02 - Part 01;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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