This is an analysis of the poem To The Bartholdi Statue that begins with:

O Liberty, God-gifted--
Young and immortal maid--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede fgfg ffff aXaX hXhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110 110101 0111100 010111 0101010 010111 0101010 111011 0101000 110001 1011010 010101 1111110 110101 1111110 111111 0111010 110011 1101010 110101 0111010 110111 10011010 011101 0100011 0100100 1101111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, and, for, you are repeated.

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

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