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

Fixed is my Faith, the lingering dawn despite,
That still we move through Liberty to Light.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaX aXXbbcc ddeefcX ggaaaX hhggff bXbbbii aaXajjcX ffaaXX kkhhXX bbllfX bbacafX bbmmafX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,7,6,6,7,8,6,6,6,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10110100101 1111110001 010100 11101001001001001 111010010010 1101 10100101100101111 1101100101110101 11101111100110111 11111001101101111 1001110100111 0011010101111101 100101101101111 011101101111111 010010101101101 11111101011 100111 10101101101100101 11010111000100101 111101100101111 1101011111101111 10111001110100111 101001001010100111 1100100101010101 11111011011110101 01001001101010101 110011010111011101 11011011111111101 10101001011100101 11100111100111110101 101011010111011110 101011010111101111 101011101111011101 10101001111 100111 11101011011110101 110111011 110110101 010100010110 101001 1111001011100101 1010111011101111 11011010110100101 10111101111101111 10100101110110101 01011110011100111 1111111110111111 01011010110100101 10101101011111111 101001010110101010 101001011111111011 1101111101111101 10101011011101111 1111111011110111 1111011111011101101 1010010010111001110 1100101111100111 110011010010010111 0101001011110111 01011100011100101 1111110110101011001 10101111011100101 111111101100101 11101111010101101 11001110011101111 11001001011 1001001 110010011100100101 11011110001011010 0101111000101111 1110010100100111 0110010100100101 101101111110110111 111010101110101 011101101 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 422
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 66 (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; and, to, you, i, free, or, your, of, who, they, their, it, be, should, have are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, they, who, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word '' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase free connects the lines.

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