This is an analysis of the poem Freedom that begins with:

Freedom,
Should be accepted as a given....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaCaDaE aBaCaDaE aCaCaCFggcgghX ahaBaeXg aCaCaCFXaBaCaDaE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,14,8,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 100101010 10 10001101 10 1010110 10 1001001 10 100101010 10 10001101 10 1010110 10 1001001 10 100011010 10 10101010 10 101101010 00101101 1 110101010 1 11110101 1 100010010 0100110101 10 100100010 10 100101010 10 1001001 1 1010101 10 100011010 10 10101010 10 101101010 00101101 10 100101010 10 10001101 10 1010110 10 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word bits at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Freedom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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