This is an analysis of the poem Song For The Wandering Jew that begins with:

Though the torrents from their fountains
Roar down many a craggy steep, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede cfcf cgcg aaXa hhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100110 11100101 11101010 1010111 11111010 1010101 10101010 10101001 10101010 0010101 11101010 0110101 10111010 1110101 10011010 1010101 01101010 1010101 10111010 0010001 01101110 1010101 10101100 1111101 11111010 1010001 11111010 00100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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