This is an analysis of the poem A Freedom Came To Set Me Free that begins with:

Freedom came to rescue me,
From tired things I've tried....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBACB aDb aDB AEA aDB ADB ABBACB AEA ADBXaDB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,3,3,3,3,6,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 010111 0010111 1010101 010111 100111 1 11 10101011 1 11 1011101101 01010111 010001010 101011 11 11 1011101101 11 11 10111011 1010101 010111 0010111 1010101 010111 100111 01010111 010001010 101011 11 11 10111011 11 11 1011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, to 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Freedom Came To Set Me Free;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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