This is an analysis of the poem Now At Liberty that begins with:

Little white love, your way you've taken;
Now I am left alone, alone....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaababa cacabdbd cdcdaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111110 11110101 101111010 11111101 111111010 11110101 101111010 10010111 101101110 10110101 100111010 10010101 1001111010 10111101 101111010 10010111 101111110 11111101 111111010 11011101 1001001110 10110101 111111110 10010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; you is repeated.

    The author used the same word little at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Now At Liberty;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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