Liberty Enlightening The World by Henry Van Dyke: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Liberty Enlightening The World that begins with:

Thou warden of the western gate, above Manhatten Bay,
The fogs of doubt that hid thy face are driven clean away: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ddXX eedd ffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11000101011001 01011111110101 11111111110111 010101001111001 11110001010111 111101110101001 01011101110011 010101010101101 11000101010001 01110111110101 11111101111101 11010011110011 10111100110101 11011001111101 01111101010001 010111010111110 110100111001010 111111011101010 11110111010111 11010111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, they, no, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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