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

Here are old trees, tall oaks and gnarled pines,
That stream with gray-green mosses; here the ground... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaaedabaX facXgbhbadigcabajkga aafaablXblXbeiX aXackbaajbadiaeidgdajhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,20,15,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111111111 1101110101 1101011110011 10111000001 0101010101 11010100111 1101110111 0100010101 0111001101 10100010101 1111011100 10010010100 1101111101 01110111001 1101010001 0101010101 11110100101 100111111 1011110111 10001010001 0100111101 110100101111 0110010101 11110111010 10010111101 101100101010 1111111111 0111010101 1101001101 10101010101 1100010101 1101010101 11111101101 1111010101 1111111101 0101011101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 0101110111 01001010101 1001010001 11001101001 1001001101 0101111111 0101001101 01001000100 1111000100 1111000101 10110011101 10101110111 0101101111 0101011111 1101011101 01111100101 0111101111 1111011111 1101011111 0101010111 1110110111 1111110111 01011100101 1111110101 00111101111 0101010101 11110100001 1101110101 0101010001 1101110101 10110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 789
  • Average number of words per stanza: 141
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and, with, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, the, his, to are repeated.

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