This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 05 - Part 04 that begins with:

XLIX
'If then you scorn to be in prison pent,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abacaccb d efefeXee g aaaaaabb X XcaeaXhh X igigigaX X ecececdd X aaaaaajj X fefXjegX X kaXakaXa X abababff X eeeXeeiX X Xfefefaa g fXXbfbaa X XlXlXaXX X eaeeXaee XXgagfgfaa
  • 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 1111000101 0111011101 101100111 1100110101 0101101111 1111110001 1011010111 0101010 1 1101010101 1101011101 1001000011 111110101 1111110101 01110111010 0111011101 111101111 1 1101010101 110101101 1111111001 1101010100 0111010111 0111111011 1101110101 11110101111 1 11010001 110110100 1101010101 1101010001 01010111 1111010101 010011100101 11111100101 1 1101010111 1111010101 110100011 101100011 11010111 1011111101 1111110101 01001011111 1 0111010101 111111011 1100110111 11110111 1011011001 0101111100 1111111111 1101111101 1 11011100111 110110101 1101011101 101111111 1001011111 1101010111 1101110111 0111011 1 1111100111 111011111 10110110101 1110101100 011101011 1011011101 111101011 0101110101 1 1101011111 110101111 101100 1101110111 0111110101 11011101 0101110111 1101111101 1 11111101 001001011 0111001101 1001100111 1111011100 0111011001 1101111001 1101011101 1 1101011001 11010011010 1101110111 11011110100 11010110111 11111111010 1111011101 11111101 1 01011101010 01010101010 01010101101 1011011010 1101110101 1101101010 1111110111 1110111001 111 10110111010 11110011010 11010101000 010111001010 01010111010 11110101010 1101010101 1110010101 1 0101001100 110010101010 110101010100 01010111110 11110001100 110101011 010111100 110101110 1 1111011111 10110010111 1101110111 01110101 11111111100 0101101101 11010101110 11011101110 1 011111001 11010111 1101010101 1101010101 1101110101 1111111101 1101011111 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, he, his, to, whose, that, her are repeated.

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

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