This is an analysis of the poem British Freedom that begins with:

It is not to be thought of that the Flood
Of British freedom, which, to the open sea... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXabbacacaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0010010101 01010100101 0011010100 1111010100 1100110001 1101010101 1011010111 1101010100 0111001101 100000100101 1101111101 1111011101 110101001111 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 616
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; of, to, and are repeated.

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

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