This is an analysis of the poem Jews In The Land Of Israel that begins with:

We forget where we came from. Our Jewish
names from the Exile give us away,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbccX dXb edXaXb XdbXX bec bdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,6,5,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110110 100111101 1101000101101010 101110110 10111001101101 10111001 01111 10101001 1001010010101010 1111110111 111101011001 11001010001 01011111101100 10010111101 101 10101101 11110 001100 10111101 100111111101010 1100110101 1111001101011 0110100110010 0111 11010101 10010101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; with, our are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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