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

When long thick Tempests waste the Plain
And Lightnings cleave an angry Sky, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc Xacacc dedebb cXcccc eeeeXX fcfcbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 11011101 10011101 110010101 11011001 11010101 11110101 11010101 01011101 11010101 11110101 11111111 11110101 010111001 1100101001 11010101 11010101 10110001 11010101 1101011 11010101 10010101 11110101 11110001 010101010 10111101 110111010 01110101 11001101 110010111 110111010 11010101 110101010 110111001 01111101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thus, and are repeated.

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

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