This is an analysis of the poem The Trembling Jailer that begins with:

A Believer, free from care,
May in chains, or dungeons, sing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefghgh cicicjcj kakafifi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010101 1011101 0010011 11100101 1110101 1110111 1010101 1011101 1000101 1010101 1010101 10100101 10011111 1111111 0010111 1111011 1010101 0111101 1011111 1010101 1010111 1110101 1010111 0110111 1010101 1111111 1010001 1010011 1011101 0111101 1000111 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Trembling Jailer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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