This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 06 - Part 02 that begins with:

XV
'Say that a knight, who holds in great disdain...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abababcX X dedeXXdd X fgfXfXXX X eeeeeedd X dhXhdXcc X eaeaeaXg X igigigdX X ggggggXg X gbgbgbdd X dedededd X XagXgagg X dgdgdgXg X gjgjgjff X hdhXhdgg
  • 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,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101110101 001110101 0001010101 0101010111 1101011101 1101110001 11010110101 01001111100 1 1101111101 0111110101 1101111101 1110111101 1111010101 1101010101 0101011101 0101010111 1 1101010101 0101010101 1111111001 0111110110 11011010101 1001011001 1101011101 0010011101 1 0101111101 01011111001 11001110101 011100111 1101111111 1111111111 1111111001 1001011101 1 1111110111 1111011111 11111101001 0111110111 0101111101 1101011110 11111110001 1110100101 1 1111111101 1111010100 0101011101 1101011101 0101010101 11011111101 01010101110 01010010101 1 1111011111 1101010101 0101010011 1111011101 1011010101 0101011101 1111010101 1110011111 1 1101110101 0111010101 01010101001 0101110111 010101111 0101010111 0111011110 0101110111 1 1101100101 0101110101 0101010101 0101010101 100110101 0111010101 101101011 1111111101 1 1111110101 0101010101 1111011101 1111011111 1111010101 1111010101 1111010111 1101111110 1 01111100110 0111000101 1011111101 01010101000 11010101001 0101010101 0111110101 1100010111 1 1101110101 1001111001 11010111001 1101100111 1111010111 0101010101 0101111110 0101010101 1 1111010111 1001110101 1101011101 1101011101 0101010101 1111011101 1101011011 1101011111 1 0100111101 111111101 1111110111 1111110101 0101011101 1111010111 1111011101 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 126
  • 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; in, all, that, come, ', him, he, and, not, on, their, his, with, her are repeated.

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

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