This is an analysis of the poem Libertatis Sacra Fames that begins with:

ALBEIT nurtured in democracy,
And liking best that state republican... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcaccabdbeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101000100 1101110100 11001010111 0101010111 1001011100 1001011101 10110010101 1100010100 10011011101 1011010111 11110111001 11010010111 1101010001 1100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 721
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

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