This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet To Liberty that begins with:

NOT that I love thy children, whose dull eyes
See nothing save their own unlovely woe,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXXXaaXccaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111110111 11011110001 1111010101 1101010100 1101011100 1011010101 1111010100 10110111001 0110111111 110111001000 1100110100 1101011111 1111010101 1101100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 755
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nothing, thy, and are repeated.

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