This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Coffle Gang that begins with:
This song is said to be sung by Slaves, as they are chained in gangs,
when parting from friends for the far off South-children taken from...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXa bbcd eeCD cccd ffCD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010100111111101 110011011110100 101001110010 11110100 01000100 1110110100110101 111011010110101 11110101 01010111 101010100110101 10101010110101 11011100 11111101 110100100110101 11010010110101 111111001 11111111 101010100110101 10101010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, and, sold, to, lord are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, there's, lord are repeated.
The author used the same word see at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word jubilee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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