This is an analysis of the poem Conquest Of Prejudice that begins with:

Unto a Yorkshire school was sent
A negro youth to learn to write,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc cdcX eeee fefe gXhX eXed hXhX cccX iiii eeee afaf haha hege jfjf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010111 01010101 10111101 11111011 11010101 11010111 11010101 00111101 10011101 11110101 00010111 011001010 01010101 1100111010 01010111 110100010 11011100 01011101 11011100 01010001 10010100 11110101 11110101 10111101 11110111 00010110 11001101 01010101 11000101 11110011 10011101 11010111 01001101 01010111 01110111 11011101 11110001 01110011 10110111 11011101 010101011 01010101 01010101 100100101 01111101 10111110 01001111 11010111 01011101 1111010001 11001101 111111001 11110101 110111010 11111100 100101010 11110101 011100101 01111101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Conquest Of Prejudice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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