This is an analysis of the poem Release Them From Their Mental Cages that begins with:
Release them from their mental cages.
And unlock and free them from their self inflictions....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXAXXabb AXAac AXc XddddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,3,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011010 101110011100 1101011010100 1111101 101001101 110010010110 110101101 010101011111 010011010 101110011100 1101011010100 110011101011 0010101 010011010 111010010010 100100001101 111100011010 1101001000001 1 11011000001 1 1111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, their, them, right are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word release at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines right is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase right connects the lines.
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