This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 06 - Part 07 that begins with:

LXXXV
'Or else my tender bosom opened wide,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaaaabb X cdXdcddd X bebXbeXd X afafaXXX X daXadaaa X gdgdgdaa X dfdfdfhh X aaaaaagg X idididaa X cgXgcgdd X aiXiaiaX X gdgdgdXc X Xdididdd XXcdcdcdcc
  • 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: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1 1111010101 111100101 0101001101 1101110111 1111011101 10010001001 1111010111 0111010101 1 1001001111 1101011101 1111011100 1011110101 1111010101 1111111101 1101010101 1101010111 1 1111010101 101010101 0101110101 110101011 1111010101 010011011 0101001101 1001100101 1 1101110101 0101110001 0111110101 0101010011 1101000101 1101011101 01010110101 1101010001 1 011010111 1011000101 1111100101 0101001101 1111011111 0111010001 110110111 1100011101 1 1100101101101 01010101101 1111110101 1101111101 0110010101 1000111101 1101010111 1101010101 1 0101010101 1111010110 1101010001 01001110101 1001010101 1101110101 0101010100 0101110001 1 0101011010 0101110101 01011101010 1111000101 01011111010 11101011 1101011101 111111001 1 1011000101 1101011111 0101110101 0101010111 110101111 1001011101 110110101 1111111101 1 011111011 1101110101 0101111110 1101111101 1101110101 11110101001 1111011101 011100101 1 01001111001 11111101001 11010100100 0111010101 1101011101 0101010111 11010101011 11010101110 1 010111110 1101000101 1111111011 110101101 0100011101 0101110101 1101011101 1101111101 1 11110100100 10010100101 0001111101 0111011101 1101100101 1101101111 01100100101 1100111111 1 101010101 1101001101 1111110101 0111010101 01110000101 1101010101 1111100111 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • 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; to, her, she, and, love, they, least, new are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Jerusalem Delivered - Book 06 - Part 07;
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