This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Liberty that begins with:

Yet, Freedom, yet, thy banner, torn but flying,
Streams like a thunder-storm against the wind.--BYRON.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cbdbccaaaceceaee Xfgfghiiihjhjijj Xgbgbjgggjgjgggg Xjjjjdgggcbcbgbb cbjbjkggXklklgll cmcmcmkkkmnmnknn XkXkXXXggiXibgbb XlblbibbXioioboo XXlnlodcdoeoecee immmXciiicbcbibb cjgjgbpppbjbjpjj Xbjbjcgggcjcjgjj XgmgmXXiXllllill XgqgqbdccbibXdij Xehehgggggegeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011101110 110101010110 1 01001010001 0100010100 0101010010101 100010100001 1111010001 10010101 1010111 101101010101 100011000101 10010001001 0101110101 0001010101 1101100101 1100110111 011001100101 1 0110100111 0101000101 00010100101 1100010001 1001010101 10100101 11010101 1111110010101 0100011101 10011001001 1111010101 0101001111 0100110001 11110111111 111111110101 1 10010011101 01010100010 0011101100 1011001001010 0101011101 01010101 11010111 1111110100101 1111100101 1100011101 0101100001 0001100101 1011111111 1001110111 1001010101001 1 0101000111 1111011001 01110000101 010010010101 0101011100 10100001 01010101 110101010101 11010100101 1011100101 1110111000 11011111001 0101110101 1101010001 0101111100101 1 10010101110 10010111010 01000110010 0101000101 1001010100 01010100 1101111 0101010110100 0011101001 1001010100 0111010101 1111110101 10011100101 0101010011 1111001110100 1 01010011010 0101011101 1000101110 0101010101 01001111010 01101001 1010001 010101010101 0110111110 1111010101 10010111010 1101011111 111000101101 0111110101 110101010101 1 11110111010 1011001010 11010101110 01100111100 110010100100 11111100 10111111 101001111001 11111101010 111001100011 1110010110 0100010111 1011010001 110010111 110101010001 1 0110011101 110100000101 1111010100 1101010011 1001111101 11001111 01010111 011001111110 1101110101 001111011 1001111101 0101111111 1001010111 0101010101 11111100001 1 0100011111 1101101101 11010101001 110010010101 11110110011 01010100 1010011001 0111110101100 11000010001 1101111101 1001010101 1100011111 1001111101 0011111101 1100011010101 1 11010101110 00111100010 1101110110 11110111100 00110001011 10111001 11000101 010001010001 0110010101 1101011111 0111010101 1011010101 0101010100 0101110011 011111000101 1 01010110000 1101010101 1001011111 10011001101 11011001010 1010001 1110101 110101000101 111011101010 00110011101 10110101010 11110111001 1101110101 11010000101 100100110101 1 11001111111 0100010100 1001010101 1111010111 1111110101 1110001 11010101 100101110101 11101100111 01001101010 1101000101 110110001010 00110110101 10111100010 1111010101010 1 1011111101 11011001010 01001010101 111001110010 10111001011 010000100 11111010 111111010010101 0111011111 1101110101 1101110101 1001010001 000100100011 0011011001 111111110101 1 1010010111 11010001101 0111100101 1100100101 11000101001 1010100 0110101 111111110101 1111010001 110011100100 1100010011 11010101000 1001111100 1011001101 011111110100 1 11011100101 0100011101 1101010101 0101011011 0101011101 1010011 10100101 1101010011001 1101110111 0001100001 0101011111 0111000101 01111100101 0111110101 01111100101 1 11010111110 1101010011 10110111110 0001010111 01001010101 11011101 1010101 00110011001001 1101110101 011011101001 00111101100 01011111001 1111110111 1001000111 110111100101 1 11110101010 1001010101 11010111010 0101100101 11100001010010 1011111 1010111 1100101010101 11011101000 10110010101 10110100010 111111010 1011110111 1111011111 101110010011 1 1111100101 0111010101 10010011 1011010001 1101110011 1111111 1000101 010101110101 1111010101 0110010100 1100011011 11100011101 0111010001 1111110111 111111010100 1 11010011010 0001110001 110111100010 0101010101 1111010101 1010101 1011101 1101011000011 1011010101 1011110101 11010100001 1101010101 0011100101 11110101001 1101010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 625
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 306
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, on, s, it, one, thy, thou, be, tears are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, of, like, one, or, from, as are repeated.

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