This is an analysis of the poem Freedom's Star that begins with:
As I strayed from my cot at the close of the day,
I turned my fond gaze to the sky;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc dedeA aaaaA fXfcA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011101001 11111001 110101111011 111111111 11101110011 001101001 111001001001 101111101 11101111011 101011011 11011101011 011101101 111 01001001101 101101101 11101101101 101101011 111 11001101011 1011010010 11001001001 101011101 111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; my, i, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word c at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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