This is an analysis of the poem Rescue The Slave that begins with:
This song was composed while George Latimer, the fugitive slave, was
confined in Leverett Street Jail, Boston, expecting to be carried back...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXb ccdd eedd ffdd cXdd ggaaXbbdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110111100010011 010100111001000101 00101111010 1001001001 1001001011 1011011011 1011011101 1011001011 1001011001 1001001111 1011011011 1001001101 10110101101 1001001011 1111111001 1001101110 10110010010 1001011011 1011011011 11010010001 1011011011 1001011111 1011011111 1001101011 10001011001 1001011011 1011011001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; listen, his, from, him, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word listen is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word slave at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Rescue The Slave;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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