This is an analysis of the poem Free that begins with:

Weary am I of the tumult, sick of the staring crowd,
Pining for wild sea places where the soul may think aloud. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb bbcXc ddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10110010100101 10111101011101 100100101101001 111011010110100111 11111010111101 111011101110101 111111110011101 1011100101 10111001 10110101001011001 01001011111111001 11011101101001 11101101010011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Free;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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