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

XXXIII
Arnoldo, minion of the Prince thus slain,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXababcc X bdXdbeff X gXgdgbhd X iiiiijjX X klklklmX X dddddXii X ahlXlhlX X mdmdmdek X kdkdndeX X kananaii X jkjkjkdd X ifififhk X oioioipp X aeaiaebb X cqcqcqll XXaedpdedd
  • 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 1001000111 1001010011 011010101 11010001001 1011111101 1011001111 10100101110 10111101110 1 110111011 111110100 1110110010 1101010101 0101110111 110101011 1110011101 1101010101 1 111111011 1100111110 1011011111 111110111 011101011 0101000101 011101101 11011101 1 11011010111 1001110100 1111010011 0111011100 11100100111 1101011101 11111011 100101110 1 1001011111 0101001101 1101110111 011111111 1111110001 0111110101 10010101001 1101011010 1 1111010111 1101001101 111111111 0110011100 1111011001 1111011010 0010101 1101010111 1 110101111 11011101 11111111111 0101110 1101010101 1101110001 1100110111 010100011 1 110101101 11011001 1111001111 1101100101 11011101 0111000101 1101111101 011101111 1 111010101 01100010 1111110111 1111011001 111110011 11011101 11110001101 1111011100 1 0101111 0101011101 10010111011 1111010101 1111111011 0111010001 1101011111 10010101101 1 111010101 0011011101 1101010101 0101001111 1101111011 011110101 1011000111 1001100101 1 1111110101 1101110101 0101010111 1101010111 0101111101 1111111111 1111010001 111111110 1 01010011 01110001 1111011101 1011111111 11111001 1111111111 1101011111 0101111111 1 1110111111 11011001 110100101 111111110 0101111101 10011010101 1000110111 1111011111 1 11111111010 0111110101 010010 1011000101 11110101010 111010101 11111110001 1101111001 1 100101111 11010011111 11011111 011101111 1111110101 0101001101 1111011111 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • 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, that, his, so, you, your, i are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase and connects the lines.

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