This is an analysis of the poem Poems On The Slave Trade - Sonnet Vi that begins with:
High in the air expos'd the Slave is hung
To all the birds of Heaven, their living food!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabXXbcaacaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001010101 01010101101 11111001111 11001011101 1111010101 01001010111 1101011100 11011101001 0111010101 1001011101 1101010111 1001011101 010010100111 100010100110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 635
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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