This is an analysis of the poem To Lucasta, From Prison that begins with:

I.
Long in thy shackels, liberty ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bacc X ddee X ffaa X ggXg a Xeaa a Xhcc X bbXX X ddXX X XXeX f ggaa a aaii X jjhh X hhXX X XXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10110100 11101111 11011001 01010101 1 11110101 11111101 11110101 11001111 1 11100101 10110101 11011110 01011011 1 11100101 11110101 11011100 111000101 1 11111110 1101010 11110111 111101101 1 1110100 1011011 111111010 0110101010 1 11111100 11111100 11101001 11011111 1 01010111 111100101 10010011 01111111 1 11010101 101000100 11011001 10011110 1 01011101 11011001 11010111 11110111 1 1110110 11011111 11100111001 011111001 1 1110011 01111001 11001001 10110111 1 11110001 01001111 01010110 1101100110 1 101100101 01111101 01111111 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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