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

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'Three times the shape of my dear mother came,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abaaaXXc d efefeXgg b fhfhfhii X fdfdfdjj X kjkjkjaa k lflflfjj X cjXjcjXf X jjjcjjff X ffgfgfhj X mfjfmXll X lflfXfgX X mXmlmljj b ljhjhjdd X nknknkbb XXdjdjdjmm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101011101 110101101 0111001 11111101001 1011110111 10001001101 11011101100 0101010111 1 1101111101 1101010101 1111111101 01010111 0101010101 01010101100 1101110011 11001111111 1 110100111 11011100110 1111010101 11110111010 1101011 11111111010 10101010101 01010001001 1 1101111101 0101101101 10110101 1101010 0101010101 11110010101 11010101 11110101111 1 1101101101 11011101 1101110111 0101010001 0100111 0101110101 1101010111 0101110101 1 110101100 1011010101 1011010101 1011011111 1111110101 1101111001 111111101 0101011111 1 1111010011 111111111 1101100101 1101110111 110010101001 1101111111 11110010111 0111001101 1 1110011101 11110100111 110101011 110101000 01010011 1111110101 110111110 1110011111 1 11010001 0101110111 1110010101 1110011001 1111111101 1101101001 110111110010 11111111 1 1111011101 1111011111 11011001 1101110101 11011000111 01111011 1111010101 1111011101 1 1111110101 101010101 100010101 1110010111 1101100100 1101011101 1111110111 110010010 1 1111010101 1101010110 1110010101 0011011100 11111101001 1111010001 0001110101 1111000101 111 11010101 1101010011 11011101010 1111010101 011010110 1101010100 1111111101 0101011101 1 11110011101 1101011111 1111111101 1101010111 101011111 11110111 01110101111 0100101011 1 1111110110 1101011101 0101011101 1011010011 0111011101 011101101 1001001111 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 30
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 135
  • 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; thy, to, my, and, if are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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