This is an analysis of the poem Freedom Or Queen that begins with:
LAND where the banners wave last in the sun,
Blazoned with star-clusters, many in one,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeaa ffaa gXeeXeegg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101011001 10001101001 10101011011 11001011001 1111011101 1011001011 1011101101 1001001001 1001001001 1101011001 1111011101 1011001001 1001101001 1111101001 1101101011 1011001101 1011011011 11110100100 1011011001 1001111111 1011011001 1001101001 1101001101 1111011011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, freedom, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word freedom is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase true connects the lines.
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- summary of Freedom Or Queen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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