This is an analysis of Jerusalem by Katharine Lee Bates.

AT last, at last the Crescent
Falls back before the Cross.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdededededbebefdfdeXXXfdfdghghcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 40,
  • Metre: 1111010 110101 1101010 010101 1001010 111100 1100010 010100 1101110 010101 0100110 0010101 1101010 110101 0111010 010100 11001010 110111 1101110 110100 11010100 110101 11010100 100100 0101010 111101 1111010 110101 1111010 110101 1001110 110100 0111110 010101 1100110 110011 0101010 0111000 1111010 100100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 40