This is an analysis of the poem Freedom that begins with:

GOD SPEAKS:
When you love someone, you love him as he is....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c d b e b b a f g h i X g c g b i d b c g d g e d b f g d f g j d a a j c k k c g g a a g f c c X d h b X a d d c d X g d c f f c dXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11111111110 101101 001001110 11110100 11101101001110 11110000 11101111000110 11011111110011110110 01001010111 110101001101 00100010 1100100111010 11011011111011011111 010011010101101 10110111110110 1101010110101011 0011111010101110 111010111010 0101111100101101110 10101101101 1011101110110 011110010110101010 1001000100011 11001000101100010 1011111110101011001 001010101010110100011101 11100010001101101 11011 1010111110110101010 10101000100001 100100011011 1010001100011101010 0111111101101 101111101001101000010 110011110010 1010001001 11100101001001111 11110 11101000010101 0110001101 0100100110010 1001000110 1001111110 011111111111010101110110 1001001010101 0110 1100110001100010001 0010101011110100 11010110 00101111111101100111011001001110010 1101 11001100101010 010001001001010100111011010000110111100111 000100100101111111011110101100010011110010 11010101011010101 110101010010011001010 00110001001010100100010 001010100100 001001101 10101010010111110101 100010100011110110 1010110101110001011 11111100001100101101101 10100001 11101000110100111111001010100001 1110010001011 0100110101101010 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 69
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 58
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, if, him, he, and, them, be, of, salvation, himself, such, that, it, not, might, my, slaves, in, manifest, enough, all are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words such, what, my, it, are are repeated.

    The author used the same words such, what, my, it, are at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines himself, freedom, it, world are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words himself, freedom, it, world 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 himself connects the lines.

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  • summary of Freedom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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