This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 02 - Part 07 that begins with:

LXXXVI
"But if our sins us of his help deprive,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabababcc XdXdedeXX XXfgfgXdX XdhdhdhiX XjejejXdd XbkbkbkXg XlblXXbee XbcXcbcXX XdedeXedX XXdgdgdee XXhehehXd XjdjdjdXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 10011100101 0011011101 1111110101 0111010100 1111110011 1111110001 1111001101 1101100111 1 10111111101 1111111110 11110010101 0111101111 1101110101 1101110101 1101011101 11011111110 1 01010100111 10011110111 1111010111 1101100101 10101110101 1111011101 1111111101 11111111010 1 0111010111 1101010111 1101011101 1101010111 10110001001 1111111001 1101111101 011111011100 1 0101110101 010110101101 1111011101 1101110101 0111011101 10101011101100 1011001111 11010100101 1 011010101 1001110101 0101010101 1101011001 111110101 01011010101 1111010010 1101010101 1 10011001111 1100110111 1101010111 110111010100 1101010100 1101001101 1001010111 1111010101 1 1001100111 1011110111 010101111 01001010101 1111010101 1101000101 11101011111 11111111010 1 111110101 10010100101 10111111111 110101111 01010110110 1101111111 0111101111 11010101010 1 1111010100 0101010101 0101010101 01010111101 1101111101 0101100111 1011111101 1011110011 1 1101010100 11010010101 1101010111 01010000101 0101011101 1101110001 10111010101 1101010101 1 1101111111 1101011101 1101010101 0101110101 110101011 0111011101 1101110110 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • 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; die, we, or, you, and, thou, he, to, i, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words so, and, thus, go are repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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