This is an analysis of the poem Fling Out The Anti Slavery Flag that begins with:

Fling out the Anti-slavery flag
On every swelling breeze;...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdefe AgXgfdbd AXbcgfXf Ahbhdifi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101001 1100101 110111001 1100101 11010101 010101 11010101 010011 110101001 110101 1011101001 110101 110100101 0101001 100101101 010101 110101001 1101010 11010001 010101 11110101 010111 11010101 110101 110101001 010100 01000101 010001 110001001 1011010 11010101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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