This is an analysis of the poem The Feast Of Freedom that begins with:

TO YE KINGS.
When the Christians were doomed to the lions of old...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbacca cXXbbc ddeaae ffgccg ddhaah ggbbbb iiabba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 101001001001 101101001001 101001 111101101001 101011111101 011001 101011011001 101011001010 1100100 101110101111 011001001011 101001 111101001001 10100111001 101001 101001101001 101001000101 101011 1001001101101 001001111001 010111 111001001001 101011011011 001001 101011101001 111101001001 0110010 101001101011 111011001011 1010010 111011111001 011101001001 001011 101001001111 101001111101 1010001 1111011110010 1010111110010 111101 001001001001 101001001001 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Feast Of Freedom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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