This is an analysis of the poem On Glenriddell's Fox Breaking His Chain that begins with:

THOU, Liberty, thou art my theme;
Not such as idle poets dream,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcddXeccXf bbgg hhffggii ccjjhh bbcceehhffcc ddXXggffkkkkff ccllhheeXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,8,6,12,14,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111 11110101 111101010 100101111 111011110 111101010 01010101 110111110 111101110 111101010 101101011 111111110 11101101 11010101 10010101 11010001 10010101 01010011 110101110 010100010 11100110 010111001 10110001 11010111 01011001 11000101 111101010 100101100 0101010010 010100010 11010101 01011101 010101010 010101110 01001101 11110101 11010101 010100111 11100011110 010101010 1111010010 110111110 110101010 110111010 010101010 111101010 11010101 100100101 110110010 101101110 011100001 01010101 11011101 01010101 111101010 110111010 11010101 010100101 100101010 111111010 110111010 0100001010 110110010 111101010 1111110111 110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 340
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; thy is repeated.

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

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  • summary of On Glenriddell's Fox Breaking His Chain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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