This is an analysis of the poem Love And Liberty that begins with:

The linnet had flown from its cage away,
And flitted and sang in the light of day--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeecc ddXfcc ffeecc aabbcc eeggcc hhiicX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101100101 1101100101 1100101101 010010101 011101101 10110001 111101101 1110010101 010011101 010011111 011110101 100100101 011111101 1011011011 1110101110 1010101111 110010101 100100101 11010111 1101100101 0110110111 1011111101 00101101001 10100100101 11101011001 1010101111 0010010101 1111000101 010011111 10100100101 11110101001 1011011001 110101101 110100111 10110101101 100100101 100100101 101101101 11110101 10110111 10111111 10011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; it, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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