This is an analysis of Jerusalem: I See The Four-Fold Man, The Humanity In Deadly Sleep by William Blake.

I see the Four-fold Man, The Humanity in deadly sleep
And its fallen Emanation, the Spectre and its cruel Shadow.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbccXbX aXXbXXb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,7,
  • Metre: 110111001000101 10101010010101011 110101110010111 01110110011111 111011000011101 110110101011101 11010101001001110 1001111010110000 1111001110100010 11010101111010 110101010101 010111010010101 010111101101100 1010101101110101 101101001010011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15

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