This is an analysis of the poem Amusing Trial, In Which A Yankee Lawyer Rendered A Just Verdict. that begins with:
A Slave sold at Auction.
A time there was, when no one thought...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbccbb ddeeff agghhii JJkkccdd HHccXegg cceebb FFcchhkk hhkkaa JJbbhhdX DDllmXkk ddddgg XMMdddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,8,8,6,8,6,8,8,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011110 01111111 01010111 10011001 11100111 01010111 01010111 111101 11010111 11010101 11111111 11111111 11011101 101011111001101011 01100101 01110101 111111000 11111101 11011101 11111111 10110010111001111010100 10110010111001111010100 01111101 11011011 11111111 11010111 11010110 11011111 10100110110001010011001001111010001111010 10100110110001010011001001111010001111010 11010011 11011111 100101010 11110101 11011011 01010101 11010111 01010111 11111101 00110111 110010011 11111101 10010011100100110001 10010011100100110001 11010111 11010101 10110101 11010101 11011111 01011111 01000101 11101101 11110101 11110111 01011101 11011101 010100100 010100100 01010001 11010101 11010101 10011101 00010101 01010111 01100110101 01100110101 11110101 11111111 11111111 010100110 100011111 11010111 11110101 11111111 01010111 11010101 11111111 10111111 101001 101001 11110111 11110101 110100111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 89
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, traders, by, used, could, its, freedom, of, his, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, note, fetters, emblem, as, justice are repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines luxury, traders, shell, slavery, prey, slave are repeated).
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