This is an analysis of the poem The Freed Islands that begins with:

A FEW brief years have passed away
Since Britain drove her million slaves... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaababaXbcbccbdeddecfccfgbggbccccceheehcccccebeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101101 11010101 010101001 11110101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11011001 01110100 11010101 11011111 01010101 110010101 11111001 110001010 10011011 01011101 01010101 010010000 010010101 11111111 110111111 01110101 100110101 11001101 10110111 010100101 10110011 11110111 11011101 11010101 11010111 111100111 01010111 010010111 11111111 01110101 11110101 010111101 11101101 111101001 11010111 11011001 11010101 10011101 110101011 11010101 11010101 10010111 01110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1807
  • Average number of words per stanza: 322
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; your is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Freed Islands;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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