This is an analysis of the poem To Israel, In Exile that begins with:

O Sleeper whose heart is awake, burning and raging, now wake and go
forth, and walk in the light of My presence. Rise, and ride on! A star has...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001101101111 11100101101111011 1111111110010110010 1110101111101000111 00101111110111110111 111110111110101111 110 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.

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