This is an analysis of the poem Enslaved that begins with:

Oh when I think of my long-suffering race,
For weary centuries despised, oppressed,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcXdXdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110111001 1101000101 0111010101 0011100101 1001110000 1001010001 1111010111 1011111111 1001101111 0001010001 0111010100 1001010111 1101110101 0101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 580
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Enslaved;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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