Analysis of Cast Off the Chains




Cast off the chains,
Break free the cage,
Let loose the beast,
Let loose the rage.

Walk free from here,
This vile cell,
Escape this pain,
Escape this hell.

Now find your place,
Wherever it may be,
Your fate is yours,
Your fate is free.


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101 1101 1101 1101 1111 111 0111 0111 1111 010111 1111 1111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 224
Words 45
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 60
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on February 04, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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