This is an analysis of the poem Jerusalem Delivered - Book 06 - Part 08 that begins with:

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'Thou must,' quoth she, 'be mine ambassador,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbcbdd e fgXgXXhh X bibibidd X aeXecedd X bdbdbddd X cbcbcbjj X dkdkdkcX X dbdbdXdd X dddddXdd X jhjhjhfX X ddddddbb X blblbldd X ibibibgg X bjbjbjdd X ejejeibb XXbibjbigg
  • 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: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1111110100 0101011100 1001011001 0101010001 1111010101 0101011101 1111110111 1101010111 1 1101111111 10010111111 1111110011 0111110101 1101010111 0101001110 1101010101 010101011 1 1101110101 1001110011 0101011111 1101010101 1111110001 0101110101 0101010101 11010011001 1 1101001010 1011011101 01011111110 1100111101 1111010101 11011100111 1011010101 0101011111 1 0100010101 001101101 0101110101 1101010101 110011101001 01111100101 1100001111 1101110111 1 0101011111 1101010101 0111100101 1100111111 11011010101 111011101 0111011111 1111010111 1 1011111101 1101100111 0111110101 1111011001 1101110101 1110110101 1111011111 11101111010 1 11001111101 0101010101 1111010101 0101010101 0101011101 0111010111 0101110101 1101111111 1 1101010101 1101111101 1111000101 1100110001 101101001 11110011100 11110001001 1111101111 1 11000111001 011010101 1111110111 0100111111 0101011111 100111111 1111110001 1001111111 1 110110111 0111011111 10010100101 1101010101 0101111111 0100110101 0111111111 0101010011 1 1111010101 1101010101 01100000111 1111011101 1110010101 10001010101 010101010 1101011111 1 01001100101 0100001111 0101110111 1101111111 0111110101 0101011001 1111110101 0101010101 1 1100010101 1001010111 0100111101 1001111111 0100010101 1110010001 1101010101 1001111001 1 1101110101 1111110001 0101110100 1101110101 11011011 1001010111 1111010101 010010101001 1 1011011101 1011011100 0101010111 1111010100 0111110001 1101110111 0111011101 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • 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; his, now, my, i, she, he, and, her, that, in are repeated.

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

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