Analysis of Freedom

Royston 1946 (Reading)



Freedom to give.
Freedom to live.
Freedom to question why.

Freedom to walk.
Freedom to talk.
Freedom to live or to die.

Freedom to sing.
Freedom to swing.
Freedom to just walk on by.

Freedom to speak.
Freedom to seek.
Freedom to laugh or to cry.

Freedom to work.
or even to shirk.
Freedom to save or to buy.

Freedom to please.
and sometimes to tease.
Freedom to smile or to sigh.

Freedom to be.
Freedom to see.
Freedom to aspire so high.

Freedom to hold.
Freedom to enfold.
Freedom to grant or deny.

Freedom that's mine.
Freedom divine.
Freedom no money can buy.


Scheme XXA BBA CCA DDA EEA FFA GGA HHA IIA
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 1011 101101 1011 1011 1011111 1011 1011 1011111 1011 1011 1011111 1011 11011 1011111 1011 00111 1011111 1011 1011 1010111 1011 10101 1011101 1011 1001 1011011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 536
Words 104
Sentences 27
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 48
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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