This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 05 - Part 01 that begins with:

THE ARGUMENT.
Gernando scorns Rinaldo should aspire...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcbXcc d efafefee X egegeXhh X ijijkjeX X bebeXeaa d acaeacfX d lclelchh X gagagaff X dememeeX X bmbdbmee h aXngagaa d dodododX X eeXeeeee X ajajajdk X enebekaa X hXhghgff XXgegegekc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100 1001010101 0111111111 1101111001 011010101 1001010101 110101110 1001101001 101111001 1 1101010101 01001001 101010010 0101000101 010010101 1100010101 110100010001 01010100101 1 1101110101 11111111010 1001110101 101100111010 111101001 11010011100 0110011001 1111110001 1 1101011101 101110010 1111000101 0101011101 110111110 01000010111 011111010 1110110110 1 1001110111 1101000111 01011101 0101001101 111010010 1111011101 11110010101 11010111 1 1111011111 11011110101 1101011101 111101011 1101010100 1111010101 0010101111 1100101010010 1 1101110101 11011101 1111010101 1011111 1111110101 1011101110 1001001101 01010100 1 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 011010101 1101010101 0011001 1111111101 1 11010101 10010101 1011010010 01000101 1101111100 1101010101 1001000101 1011110110 1 1110011101 11011100100 1111110101 1111010111 1101010101 0110111100 0111110101 0101010101 1 1111110001 1101111110 110111010 110101101 1001111101 0111001101 0101011001 1101010111 1 11011010101 0101010101 10010011011 1111010101 1111010111 0111110101 1111110101 001011101 1 01011101001 1001010101 0101010110 1101010101 1111011101 01110100111 1101011101 1111010101 1 1000111 1011011100 1110010101 1001011101 0101111101 0011001101 110101111 111111010 1 1011110101 11010110 1011011111 1111010101 1001011111 10101101010 11011111011 1000110101 1 1101010101 10110111010 100101101 011010101 1110010001 1101010101 1111010101 0111111111 1 1001010111 11001110101 1101011111 011110101 01011111 1101101101 1011010110 1001111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 153
  • 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; in, should, and, to, i, his, he, would are repeated.

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

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