This is an analysis of the poem Condemned that begins with:
From Caiphas to Pilate I was sent,
Who judged with unwashed hands a crime to me.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaXbXa cacaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 010010111 1100110101 1101010100 1111010101 0101001100 1101010111 1111111100 1101111101 1101110011 0101011111 1111001100 1101111111 1111111111 1011011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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