Analysis of Liberty Rejected
About this heart thou hast
Thy chains made fast,
And think'st thou I would be
Therefrom set free,
And forth unbound be cast?
The ocean would as soon
Entreat the moon
Unsay the magic verse
That seals him hers
From silver noon to noon.
She stooped her pearly head
Seaward, and said:
'Would'st thou I gave to thee
Thy liberty,
In Time's youth forfeited?'
And from his inmost hold
The answer rolled:
'Thy bondman to remain
Is sweeter pain,
Dearer an hundredfold.'
| Scheme | AABBA CCXXC DDBBX EEFFA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011111 1111 0111111 111 010111 010111 101 10101 1110 110111 110101 1001 1111111 1100 011100 01111 0101 11101 1101 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 448 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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