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

XVI
Soon was the prey out of their hands recovered,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababacdd XbebebefX XgXghghcc Xffffffhh XbibXbiggXjfjXjfgg Xkhkhghdd XabXXabkg XakakakfX Xgagagaff XXaXalafX XaiaXaill XhghXhgdd XkmkmkmXa Xbababaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,18,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 11011011010 1111010101 11010111110 1101001001 11010111010 0100111010010 0011010101 0101010101 1 1101110101 1001111101 1111011101 01110101001 0011110101 1101011101 1011101110101 1101010101 1 10101111100 11111101110 0001011111 0101010101 1111110101 0111011001 110111010010 11011101110 1 1111100101 0101010101 1001101110111 110111011 11111101011 1101001001 0111111111 1101011101 1 10011110111 1111100101 1001011111 111101011100 1111101001 0101010101 1110101101 1111011101 1 0111010001 1101010101 0111111101 1001010111 110011111001 1001110101 0101010101 1101110101 1 01010010101 1101111001 1010111111 1101001101 0101010111 0101001101 0111110101 1011110101 1 0111010101 1101111101 11011001110 0101100110 1101111101 111101101 11001010101001 1111110111 1 110101011 0101110101 1101010101 1101110111 11011010111 1101011101 01111100101 11110101010 1 1101111111 1110011111 1101010111 1101010111 1010111001101 1011011101 0011000111 0111010101 1 101011111010 0100110101 1100010011 1001110111 1101011101 1111011101 11110111111 11110100010 1 11110011111 10001111101 0100101110101 0101011111 10111101101 1101111101 1101110111 0101010101 1 10011111101 1101110101 1101010101 111101011000 0101110110 0101010101 1011010101 0111010101 1 0101011101 1111011111 0101100111 1101010101 11011100111 011010011 11011011110 1101011101 1 110101011 10111000101 1101110101 010111101 1101010101 1101010111 1101010111 0110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 135
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, her, thou, he are repeated.

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

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