This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 02 - Part 04 that begins with:

XXXI
Thus spake the nymph, yet spake but to the wind,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabababcd XbebXbefg XhihihigX XjhjhjXhh XbbbbXXXa XgdgdgcaX XeXeeeeaa Xfcfcfcee XgafafXbb XacaXacaaXbXbbbbee XebXbebff XaXababXX XjajajXbb XcacXcabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,18,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101111001 1111001101 1100110101 1111010101 1101011101 1101110101 1101110101 11110101010 1 1111110011 11010111101 1010111001111 11111101100 0101010111 1111100101 1101100111 1101011101 1 0101010111 0101010101 1110000101 1011010101 1101000111 1110010101 00010011111 1101110110 1 10101111101 1111010101 1101010101 1101111101 1101110111 0111010100 1010111111 1111111010 1 10100111101 1111010101 0011011101 1101011101 11000101101 11011101010 11011101100 1101111101 1 10101111101 01011101010 1111111110 01111111010 1011011111 111100101 01010101111 11111100010 1 0101110111 01010101000 0101010101 01010101010 1101011101 11111001010 010011111010 11110101010 1 0101000101 01001100011 0111101101 010111011 0101010101 0101010101 11010011101 1111111111 1 1101110101 0101010101 0101100101 0101010111 1101010101 1011010100 1001111111 0101111101 1 1111110101 0101010101 0111010001 0101010110 1101110001 0101011101 0101011101 111111101 1 0101010101 1001010101 10111101001 1111011101 0111010001 0111011101 1001100101 11011001011 1 0101011101 01011100101 1011010101 0101010101 1111011001 0111010101 1011011001 1100001001 1 0101010111 1101010110 0101101101 0101011001 111111110 1011101110101 1101111101 11111001010 1 11010110111 1111011101 1101010101 1101000101 0101111101 01111101100 100101111001 1110010101 1 1111011111 0011010101 1101011111 01010111010 0100010101 0111011101 0111110111 11010100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 135
  • 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; and, his, to, oft, their, of, her, she are repeated.

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

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