This is an analysis of the poem The Freeborn that begins with:

God made the man and bid him multiply,
Replenish the green earth, nor break the die...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccccddeeffccee gghhffggggcciiffabffcccc ffjjkkllmmnnccmmooccggffXbbhhccffccnn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,24,37,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101111101 0100111101 1101110101 1101110110 11001101101 1101010101 0101011011 1111010011 1111010101 01111111001 1101110101 0101110101 1101001101 01010100101 1010110101 1011010101 1111010101 0111010101 1011010001 1111010101 1111110101 1101010101 0101010101 1111110101 1111110101 11110010011 0101110101 1111110101 0111001111 1111110101 1011010111 1101110100 1101011101 1111110101 0101000111 1111011101 0101010101 0101010111 101111101 01010110101 1111010101 0101011101 1101111101 1101010001 1111110101 1101010101 11111100101 0101110001 1111010001 1101010101 0111010101 1101110111 1101010101 01110100101 1101001101 1101010111 1001110100 0101010111 0101110111 1111100111 1011011101 01010101001 1101111101 0101001101 1110110111 1111010101 1011010101 1101111101 1101110101 1111111101 1101011111 1101010101 1111011111 1111111101 1101110101 1011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 849
  • Average number of words per stanza: 158
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, to, he, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he, the are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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