Analysis of Free
Free to be, to be me,
Not you, not like, not them.
Free to know, to be known,
Without facade, without demand.
Free to hear, to be heard,
Not to gainsay, not to demean.
Free to have, to behave,
To seek, to search, to find.
Free to love, to be loved,
To touch, to taste, to feel.
Free to be, to become,
To think, to trust, to do.
Free to accept, to be accepted,
Because you are, because I am.
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX XX XX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 111111 111111 111111 01010101 111111 1111101 111101 111111 111111 111111 111101 111111 110111010 01110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 377 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on January 13, 2010
Modified on April 13, 2023
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