This is an analysis of the poem Free Beings' Song that begins with:

Wild cat, brother of my soul,
be untamed, and without chain;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXaa XXaaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 01001011 11010101 11100111 11110 011101001 11110111 1011011 111001 0010010010 11010 011011010 010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Free Beings' Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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