This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 05 - Part 02 that begins with:

XVII
This barbarous prince, who only vainly ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbcbcc X cdcdedff X gagbgcba X bebXbehh X ifififff X iiiiXiba X djdjdjcc X cececeee X kdkdkdcc X efXfefee X efefeeee X gdXcecll X efefefdc X mcmcXcll X cececemm X fgfXbcje
  • 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,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 0100111010 1011101011 10010111 0100010101 1101100111 0101110111 100111101 111111101 1 01010110101 0101010101 1101110101 1001010001 010101011 0111101111 0100010111 11101100001 1 1101011111 1101001100 1111011101 1111010100 0011000111 01011111 1111110111 1011010100 1 1011101101 1001110101 1101000101 10011010010 0111110101 11011111 1111110101 10011101 1 0101011101 01110111 11110001001 11100101 1011011101 1011110101 01011111 1101001101 1 1111011111 11000011111 1101011101 0101100111 01010111100 1111011101 11111010 111111110 1 01110101001 01001010101 0101011101 1011110101 1111000001 0001110111 1111110101 1111010101 1 1101111100 111111101 0111110101 11110110101 0111011101 011000101 1011010101 0101100101 1 011110111 1111000101 0101010101 1111001 0101011111 11110011001 1101110100 110011101 1 1101010101 0101100101 0101010100 10011000101 010111101 1111110111 111111011 0101110101 1 1001110101 11011100101 100101111 1111011 1101010101 111111110 1101010101 1101010101 1 0101010101 10011110100 101110101 1101011101 0101010 0101111111 11011101 1101010111 1 1110011001 010101111 1111010011 0100010101 0101010111 01001111101 1101010111 11100101 1 0111010101 01110111 1111111101 1101110101 11001101111 110100101 1101010101 11111111 1 10101001 1111101001 1101010101 010100111 0101010111 1101010101 111111011 001010101 1 1101010111 111001110 0101010101 0111010101 110111111 1101010111 0111111011 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • 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; and, his, he, him, all, that, at are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, he, all are repeated.

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