This is an analysis of the poem Lady Freedom Among Us that begins with:

Don't lower your eyes
or stare straight ahead to where...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdedafgfXXaaacbhhcfgdXieXjifjXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 1110101 11110010 11011 10101 101101 11001 0011010 00101 00111101 1110 11100110101 1110011001111 110101011 11001011 0100100100110 101100101 1100101001 11010100110 10010 0100110101 11111010001 1010101000101 1001011001 0100101011 11001010 100101 111110010 1101 111001 1110101 1001 11010010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1071
  • Average number of words per stanza: 206
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, she, don't are repeated.

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  • summary of Lady Freedom Among Us;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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