Analysis of The Freeman
Ellen Glasgow 1873 (Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow April 22, 1873Richmond, Virginia) – 1945 (November 21, 1945 Richmond, Virginia)
'Hope is a slave; Despair is a freeman.'
A VAGABOND between the East and West,
Careless I greet the scourging and the rod;
I fear no terror any man may bring,
Nor any god.
The clankless chains that bound me I have rent,
No more a slave to Hope I cringe or cry;
Captives to Fate men rear their prison walls,
But free am I.
I tread where arrows press upon my path,
I smile to see the danger and the dart;
My breast is bared to meet the slings of Hate,
But not my heart.
I face the thunder and I face the rain,
I lift my head, defiance far I fling, --
My feet are set, I face the autumn as
I face the spring.
Around me on the battlefields of life,
I see men fight and fail and crouch in prayer;
Aloft I stand unfettered, for I know
The freedom of despair.
Scheme | X XABA XCXC XDXD XBXB XEXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011010 0100010101 1011010001 1111010111 1101 011111111 1101111111 1011111101 1111 1111010111 1111010001 1111110111 1111 1101001101 1111010111 1111110101 1101 011101011 1111010101 0111010111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 759 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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