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

In a dream I'm no longer in love. I breathe deeply this sense of freedom,
and I vow never again to seal myself in, but I am reminded it is myself...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaabbccdXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001011001111001010 111100101110111010001111 101110010101011010010 10110101010100111 0101101001011110110 1011010111011111 011111011101011101 1010111011111111 101111010111111111 1101000101011101110 111011011111111100 1111010101101111010 111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 912
  • Average number of words per stanza: 184
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, in, of, my, like, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines and, my are repeated).

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  • summary of On Freedom;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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