This is an analysis of the poem All Freedoms Are Threatened that begins with:

It has been expressed too often,
And too much......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABcddaead ABABdcddddf X cXf X gegfgchfh XX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,1,3,1,9,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001110 111 1010011010 1001011101 000110110 11010101 0010101010 1010010 10101101 010110101 11011001011 01001110 111 1010011010 1001011101 111010010 100011 11110011010001 00010110001 1010010011010 0010011100101 10011110010110 10011111 1011101 11111001 1110110 1101011100 11010011 1010101100 0111011 10101001100 10111011 1010010010111 1101111 111 1111 1 1111110111111 001011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • 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; to, and, how, they are repeated.

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

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  • summary of All Freedoms Are Threatened;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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