This is an analysis of the poem Where Is David, The Next King Of Israel? that begins with:
Where is David? . . . O God's people,
Saul has passed, the good and great. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb Xdcd caea afef gdXd dhhh Xdgd dacX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101110 1110011 11101010 11101001 11101010 1111101 10101110 1010111 10101010 111110 1010100010 1011101 10111010 10010101 10111010 1110101 1001001010 100101001 00101010 0110111 10111010 1010101 10101010 10010101 10101110 1010101 10111010 1000101 1000101010 1011101 11101010 101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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