This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 06 - Part 01 that begins with:

THE ARGUMENT.
Argantes calls the Christians out to just:...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abacacaa c XdXdedfX X ghghihee X fjfjfjkk X eaeaXahh c afXfafjj c bdcdXdXX X iaiaiafl X hahahaXX X mfmfmfaa l edXdedaa c adadadhX X XeeeXeee X icgcgcaX X alaXafff
  • 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,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100 1001010101 1011010110 1001010001 1100010101 1001111111 0101111101 01001010101 100101111 1 1101101000 110100101 0101101100 1101010111 11011010111 1101110101 1111100101 1101110100 1 1101011111 01010011101 1001011101 0101011111 0100111010 1101100101 1101010101 0110011101 1 1111110001 10011000101 1111010101 0111011111 1111010101 1111111101 1101111111 1111010111 1 1101010111 1111110101 0111111101 0101010111 1111110101 1111011101 10101010111 1101010101 1 1101110101 1101111101 1111011110 0101110101 11010011111 0011111001 0101011001 01001110001 1 1001010100 0111110101 0111011101 1101010101 1101011110 1101110101 11110101010 11011101010 1 10011101110 0101110101 11100101010 0111011101 11010001110 0100111111 1101011111 1111011101 1 1111111101 01100110111 1101011101 1111010111 0101101111 01010001011 1011010111 01100111010 1 1101010101 1011010110 1111111111 1011110111 1101010111 1111011111 1100110111 0011011101 1 1111111101 01010101110 11000111100 00100101010 0101010011 01010111110 0101000101 0101101101 1 1110011111 11011101010 1111111101 01011101010 1101111101 10110111010 1111100111 00111010111 1 01001011010 1100111110 0111111010 1101010101 101101111100 1111111001 11011001001 1101110111 1 10111100100 1101010101 1110010111 0111111101 1111111101 1111011101 11110010101 1011010101 1 010111111 1001010111 111101011 01010111100 010010101001 1101111111 0101100101 1011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 30
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 136
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, to, of, he are repeated.

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

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