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

On my school notebooks
On my desk and on the trees...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcD ebfD ebXD gheD cagD XbbD XaXD edgD bbiD bajD gXaD chXD kbbD jahD fbeD baaD bbkD heiD eXccXk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1111101 10101 1111 1010111 110110 111011 1111 1010001 101000100 101001 1111 10101010 10111010 10100111 1111 111101 101111 10101011 1111 10110010 1011 1101011 1111 111011 101101 10010101 1111 101001 101001 1011101 1111 1010010 101010 101001 1111 1011 10011 10111 1111 101101 10111 1110101 1111 101101 01101110 1111101 1111 111100110 10111 101001 1111 101011 1101010 101000010 1111 10100001 1010011 11011 1111 10100010 10100101 001110110 1111 11101010 1110110 11111010 1111 101001010 110101 101001 1111 1101001 10111 1111011 011 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word on is repeated.

    The author used the same word on 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 you is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word name at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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