This is an analysis of the poem Jewelled Offering that begins with:

Jewelled offering bring I none,
Jade or pearl or precious stone,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXdXeeffgghhiXddjjaacX bXffeeaaiXjjddddbecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100111 1111101 1010101 1010101 1110111 1010100 10010101 1111101 1011100 1010111 10011111 1101111 10010011 1011101 1010111 1011101 1111100 10010100 1010111 1110111 10111011 1111111 10101001 1110101 1000101 1001101 1011111 1101100 1110111 1111101 100111 100101 100101111 1101101 1110111 1011111 0011011 1011101 1011101 1011111 10000101 10101001 1011111 1010101 1010101 1010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 697
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word howsoever is repeated.

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