This is an analysis of the poem Come Join The Abolitionists that begins with:

Come join the Abolitionists,
Ye young men bold and strong....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcbCDDBD AedeCDDBD AdXdCffBf AcXcCggbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010100 111111 10011101 110101 1100101010 1100101100011 1100011 111111001 1100011 11010100 110100 11111101 011101 1100101010 1100101100011 1100011 111111001 1100011 11010100 111101 11011011 100101 1100101010 110010110111 110111011111 111111001 110111 11010100 111101 00110100 110101 1100101010 110010111101 000101010101 1011111001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, joyful are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o is repeated.

    The author used the same word come 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 more is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word more at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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