This is an analysis of the poem The Old Liberators that begins with:

Of all the people in the mornings at the mall,
It's the old liberators I like best,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbabXXbaXXbaXcbbbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100010101 0011000111 1100001110110010 11101010110101 101011101 1010110111101 11101001010 011001011 10101110010 11111100 11110111 1111111 100111001 110101001101 1101010110011 10010110 0110010010 011010110110 011010101 01111010 111010 10101011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 924
  • Average number of words per stanza: 169
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Old Liberators;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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