This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 03 - Part 05 that begins with:

LXI
"Presages, ah too true:" with that a space...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbXdd Xdededeff XddddXXXX Xdfdfdfgg XbfXXbfcc Xhdhdhdff Xifififdd Xdededebe Xedededbb XXfdfdXaXXfdffffjj Xekekekff XcecXceXX Xfkfkfkdd Xflflflll XifififiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,18,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111 100011100101 11111110111 0101010101 0101110101 1101011001 11010111110 1000111010101 1101010101 1 10111111101 1101010101 1011010101 0011010001 11100111111 0100100111 0101011101 1011010111 1 10101010101 0101010101 1111111011 101101011 111111110 1101110110 1111010101 1111101110 1 111111001 1001100101 1101110101 00111100101 0101010111 1011100101 11010001010 10111001010 1 0111101101 11010100101 1111011100 1101101000 0101110111 1101011101 1101111101 1010010111 1 0111010101 1001010111 1001010101 1101000101 0111111101 01001010101 1101110101 1101010101 1 0101010101 0101100111 1111010111 1111111101 1110011101 0101011101 0101010111 0111100111 1 1111111101 1011110101 1111010101 1111110101 11010111001 1111111111 0110011101 1111010100 1 10111011111 1111111101 11001011111 0101001101 1111101101 01010101011 1101010111 1111010111 1 10011011000 111001111 1011000101 1111001101 1110110101 111111101 1111110111 10110111110 1 1101110101 100111010 0101010101 111110101 1101010101 111111010 1011011101 1111010101 1 10010100101 0101110100 0101010101 10011000101 0101010111 0101101100 1101110101 0111010101 1 0101111101 1011110001 1101011001 11010011101 011110101 1101010111 1010111100 0100101001010 1 010100100 1001001101 010110111 0111010101 0101010101 0101010101 01001011101 1101011101 1 1101100101 010100101 01011011011 1101010101 1101010101 01001010101 0101111101 0101100101 1 01010110101 0101010111 0110111101 01010011001 1100111101 1101010101 1101010101 0111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 390
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • 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; his, he, in, my, to, thy, for, our, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Jerusalem Delivered - Book 03 - Part 05;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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