This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 04 - Part 03 that begins with:

XXXIII
Thus passed she, praised, wished, and wondered at,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abababaa X cdcdcddd X efefXfaX X bebeXegg X cXXhcheX X didddigg X hihihidd X cacacadd X jXjXjXkk X lalaiaie X mnmnmnaa X fdfiaXXX X flfiflff X jgjgjgdX X dXdcdcii XXlalalagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 111111101 010111011 111111001 010111011 11010101 010010011101 01110111001 1101010101 1 0101111001 101110101 0101011101 01010101001 01111101 01001010101 1101000101 1111011111 1 1001100111 0111110101 11010101101 1101010101 111111010 0110111101 1101010111 11010111100 1 1111110111 0101011001 01011101 110110111 010101001 1101110101 0111011111 01100101 1 1011110101 01010011111 1011101110 110111001 00101111001 01011101 1111101101 1101011111 1 11010011011 1101010111 11000111101 011101110 0101010101 11010010101 1011110101 110110100 1 1001110001 0111011101 1011111101 1111011001 101010101 0111111101 110110111 111111001 1 11110101001 1110001101 1111110101 1101000101 1001011101 0111110011 011110001 11111101 1 1111110101 01011100 1101100101 01010111010 1101010101 11010000110 1111100101 1011011101 1 1011110101 0101111111 11110111 1101010101 01010010101 1101010111 111111110 1011111101 1 110011001 110101110 1011111101 0110011010 0011110101 1101111010 1111010111 1101111101 1 1110010111 1011010101 1101010101 11010101001 01111101 1101001101 11101011 010110101 1 1101011001 1011011101 1101010111 111111101 101101001 11010001001 11000101 0111011001 1 1101110101 01011110011 1101110101 1111010101 111111001 1111110001 0101010101 110111010 1 1101110101 01000101 0101000101 01010101 01010010101 1101010011 0111010011 1101010101 1 1111100101 1101010101 11010001 0111111111 11111101 11010110111 11011001 11110001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; her, thy, of, how, as, he, my are repeated.

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

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