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

Tell me, eagles, birds of the highlands,
Do the rays of freedom shine upon those peaks,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXc dbcA eeX eeb e afgh iXhj iia hhX e fgjc dbXj XjfXhha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,1,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010010 10101010111 00101010110 101011010010 1110100010 1111001 11101001 111010010 10100101 1111010111 10100111001 11010010101 010010010001 11110101 1 100111101 1110001111 1111110110 11100101111 11010010110 1101111101 1110001010110 10011001011 010101001 10000101 101010001 1110010101 10110101 00101010001100010 1 1100100111011 101010001100 110100101 011110100100 1010101010 0110100101 010110110100 0110010101 01001011010 11011011011 101001 1100101010 1010010010 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, our are repeated.

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

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