This is an analysis of the poem O Slave, Liberate Yourself that begins with:

O Slave, liberate yourself.
Where are you, and where's your home,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xa XX aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110 1111111 1001111 0110111 10101011 11010111 010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 58
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 O Slave, Liberate Yourself;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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