This is an analysis of the poem Unbound that begins with:

J.F.B. Died April 29,1882
Forth from this low estate, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aAabXa ccdeed bbfggf hXieei jjckkc ccaiia fffccf ggbhhb aalaal mmnggnXaacaAc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 100101 100101 1101 100111 100110 0011 100101 101111 0011 101101 1010101 1111 101001 101001 1001 110101 111101 1001 101111 101100 0111 101101 110111 1010 1111001 001100 1101 100101 100101 1011 110111 111101 1101 011101 101111 0111 100101 100111 1011 010100 010101 0101 101001 100100 0011 101110 100111 1101 100101 100100 1111 110101 001101 1101 100111 100101 1001 100100 111111 1011 1010101 101101 1001 101101 100101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.

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

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

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