This is an analysis of the poem Where The Mind Is Without Fear that begins with:

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXbaXabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011101011 11001 1011101010010 1100101 111100101 110010100101010 101101011101 000101010110 101011011 00101001110 00110010110111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 509
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; where, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, into are repeated.

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