This is an analysis of the poem Parody Of “uncle Ned” that begins with:

DERE was an old nigger, and him name was Uncle Tom,
And him tale was rather slow;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbabcdcdEXfXfE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101111101 1111101 110101111011 0111011 111010101 11010111 110111011101 111101101 11101111001 11111101 111101111011 111011010 1111100 001111011011 01110101111 11110111011101 11101010001 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 685
  • Average number of words per stanza: 145
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, de, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, de are repeated.

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