This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 02 - Part 03 that begins with:

XXI
It was amazement, wonder and delight,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXaXaX XccccccXX XXdcXcXaX XecececfX XgXghghii Xbdbdbdaa XfXfbfbXa XjajajaXc XbcbcbcfXXccccccgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 0101010101 1111110101 1010111000110 110111110000 11100010101 0101010110 1101011111 100100110010 1 0101110101 0101010101 1101110110 1001110101 1001010101 0101110101 11101010110 11110110110 1 1010101101100 01011111010 0101011101 011110011000 1011000010101 1010100111100 1111101110101 10010101000 1 010101101 1111010101 1010111010101 0100010101 1111110101 0101010101 11011100111 11011101100 1 10111101101 11011101010 0101001101 0101110101 1101101111 1101010101 1101101101 1101110101 1 10101010101 01010100010 0111011111 11010101010 1101011001 11011101010 111101101 0101110101 1 0100111111 0101111101 1001011101 0101110001 1111011001 1111010101 1101100101 1110010111 1 10111011101 0101001101 1110111101 0101001101 1111010001 1101010101 11111110110 1111110101 1 11010100101 1001011101 1101101101 1011010101 111101011 1101010101 1011101111 11001110010000 1 01001010101 1101010111 10111010101 1001011101 0101010101 0101000101 1111111101 111111111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 414
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; that, to, her, and, not, so are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Jerusalem Delivered - Book 02 - Part 03;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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