Analysis of The Sweets Of Liberty



Is there a man that never sighed
To set the prisoner free?
Is there a man that never prized
The sweets of liberty ?
Then let him, let him breathe -unseen,
Or in a dungeon live;
Nor never, never know the sweets
That liberty can give.

Is there a heart so cold in man,
Can galling fetters crave ?
Is there a wretch so truly low,
Can stoop to be a slave?
O, let him, then, in chains be bound,
In chains and bondage live ;
Nor never, never know the sweets
That liberty can give.
Is there a breast so chilled in life,
Can nurse the coward’s sigh ?
Is there a creature so debased,
Would not for freedom die ?
O, let him then be doomed to crawl
Where only reptiles live ;
Nor never, never know the sweets
That liberty can give.


Scheme xaxaxbCD xexexbCDxfxfxbCD
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101 1101001 11011101 011100 11111101 100101 11010101 110011 11011101 110101 11011101 111101 11110111 010101 11010101 110011 11011101 110101 11010101 111101 11111111 110101 11010101 110011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 706
Words 141
Sentences 10
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 16
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 274
Words per stanza (avg) 73
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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