This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 06 - Part 04 that begins with:

XLIII
The Pagan ill defenced with sword or targe,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXababbb X bcbcbcdd X dXdXdXeX X fXXbfbdd X bgbgbeff X heheheXd X bbbbbbbb h dbdbdbXi j kdkdkddd X klkXkliX X ejeXejbb X gdgdXdXb X jgjXjgbb XXckckckdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 01011000111 1001110110 1101100101 1100011011 10100101001 1111011111 1101100101 01011101010 1 0110010101 10011001010 1111110111 11010101010 1101011111 11011001010 0011110101 0011010101 1 110111001 0101011101 1101010101 10011100011 1110011011 1011111110 0100101100010 11011101100 1 0101010101 01010111100 010011101110 11110101010 0101111101 1011111010 0111110111 1110011101 1 11010101010 1011110011 11010101010 1101110101 11110101010 1101011101 1101010111 1101011101 1 1101111101 1011110101 110100101 11001111101 0111010111 1101111111 11111100111 1001011101 1 0101010101 1011010101 1111111101 0101011101 1101111111 1101000101 11111111110 11110111010 1 1011011111 11110011001 1101010101 0101010001 11000101001 0101110101 1001011110 0111010101 1 1111010101 0101000101 1111001100 0101010111 10011111001 1011010011 1001011101 1101111101 1 111010001 1001110101 1101010101 0101010111 1001011110 1010111111 1011110101 01110101110 1 1111011111 01011100101 1101000101 1101100101 1111010101 1110111100 1111011111 0101011101 1 0111010011 1101010101 1101011101 1101111101 1110011110 01110011101 11110111100 0111101101 1 1101010101 1111011101 1111010101 1111011100 11010010101 1101010101 11010010101 0101011101 1 0011001101 1011011101 0101000101 11111111001 11011011001 0101011001 1101010111 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 126
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; his, he, and, on, they, swear, their, of, her are repeated.

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

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