This is an analysis of the poem At Liberty that begins with:
1.
No sight to me like sight of ships.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababbcbcd X eaeaafaff X gfgffhfhh Xijijjejee X ekekkekee X ehehhhhhh X lllllc lcc X mhmhhjhjj X fhfhhehee X jmjmmcmcc XlalaXhahh X ejejjajaa X Xmammkmkk X cncnnfnff X elellclcc X mbmbbjbjj XXacacdfcff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,9,1,9,10,1,9,1,9,1,6,3,1,9,1,9,1,9,10,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 11011101 11011111 11010111 11010101 01010101 111000111 11010101 11001101 100111111100 1 01010111 01110101 11110101 01010101 11011101 11010101 11111111 11010101 110111110111 1 01010001 01111111 11010101 010101001 01011111 10111101 10010101 11010111 010101110101 1 110011111 11011111 010010101 010000111 01110101 11010111 01010100 11110111 100101111101 1 11011101 11111111 1110001 11000111 11010101 11110111 11111111 11110111 111111010111 1 01100101 11111111 010010111 11010111 11110111 11111111 111100011 01110111 1101001110101 1 11110101 11101111 11010111 100010101 11011101 100010101 10010101 11010101 101101110110 1 10011101 011100101 11011101 111111011 110101111 01010111 11110101 11110111 111111110010 1 11010111 10011101 11011101 100010101 01110101 011001001 11100101 11111101 100111110011 1 110011111 11111111 11011111 11110101 01010111 10010111 11000101 10111111 010111010101 1 110101010 11110111 011100110 11111101 01110100 01011101 11011001 11110101 010111110101 1 10011101 011101101 01110101 100010100 11111111 11110101 11010101 11010111 111111111101 1 010011010 010011011 11110100 011110001 010011101 01011111 01110111 11010011 011111000101 1 01011111 01010111 11011101 01010111 10110101 01110101 01010101 011010101 1101101111111 1 11011101 11011101 010010111 01011101 01001101 110100001 01000101 11110001 010111101101 1 11110101 01110111 10111101 100110101 100110101 11011111 101100101 01011111 100101010101 1 10000101 010111001 01110101 01010101 01000100 10110011 01110100 11110001 011111011001
- Amount of stanzas: 33
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 186
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, the, i, o, when, and, shall are repeated.
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- summary of At Liberty;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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