This is an analysis of the poem Liberation that begins with:

Deep in these thoughts, more tender than a sky
Whose light ebbs far as in futurity,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbccbdd eefeefaa cXaggXhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1011110101 1111101000 110111101 1001111101 1101111111 1001111101 0111111101 01010110111 1111011100 0100010101 1101010111 1111101101 0001000100 1111110001 01110101010 1101010001 1011010111 1011011111 1111110001 10110101001 1011110111 1111100100 1101010111 10111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; you, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Liberation;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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