This is an analysis of the poem From What Is It Are They Freed? that begins with:

Is a vacating of one's responsibility,
Okay just to label as immature? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa bXccbaX ddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010001010100 1110101101 10101010 1001010 001011111010 11111100 01011100010010 111001 110100100101 001011 1 0100111 1111101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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