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

MAJESTIC warder by the Nation's gate,
Spike-crowned, flame-armed like Agony or Glory, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaXbccddeXffa gcgcee bhbhiii ddiiggiiffjj jdjjd eekkXkkhhkkkkii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,6,7,12,5,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010101 11111100110 1001001011 0101001111 1101110101 1101111110 1101010101 1111110101 1101110101 0101010100 1111111101 1101010111 1101110111 1101001011 111111 11100110 11001101 10101010 10101011 10110111 10111111 11010010 11101001 01011110 0101101 11111011 101010001 10100011 1101001000011110101 110010010010101001001 110100111101001001 01011011111010100101 11010100110111001010 1001111111001010 110101101010111101 0100110111111101101 101101111111100111 1100111011111101111 0111011010011100101 011100100101111001001 101111100 100101101 111101010 1011101010 1001011001 111001010110100101 10011101011101101 111001010111010101 1001101010101110101 10011011101001101001 10010010101100101101 110111010100101011 1001001110011101101 101101101010110111 11100101011110101 10010111110110100111 11110111100100100101 1101101110100110101 11100101011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 468
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, what, for, and, to, my, name, one are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, thy, to, mine, in are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines for is repeated).

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  • summary of Liberty Lighting The World;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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