This is an analysis of the poem The Runaway Slave At Pilgrim's Point that begins with:
I.
I stand on the mark beside the shore... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacdeeA Xffffggf Xhbhbiib XEaeajja ajkjkllk aejXjiij Xakdklld Xkikiggi XEaeamma lfXfkaak ajkjkkkj Xnhnhbbh XAaaagga Xelejool Xnandppa XEkekcck XXafaaXa Xbkbkadk Xkfkfiif Xlbjbccb Xipipllp Xikikiik Xgcgcggc Xkfkfppf Xkgkgkkg Xkgkgbbg XXXkinnX Xililkkl Xaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 111010101 001110101 11110110 11111100 11110111011 11111101 11101101 1 11011101 11111111 0010010111 11111111 11011111 11100101 10111111 1 11111111 11111101 11110111 010100101 11111111 10110101 11010101 1 111111 1111111 10101101 11110101 100100110 00101101010 10100101 1 1111111 00111011 101011111 101110101 1011100110 101011101 100100101 1 11111111 111111 01110111 11011101 01111101 110010111 11010101 1 01110101 11110111 11010100 01000111 11000011 11011001 00010100 1 11111101 11111111 10101111 101110111 111111101 10110101001 10011101 1 111111 11110101 1101101001 101011111 1101110111 1011110101 11101101 1 101101101 11100110 11011101 0100111 01011111 10111111 111001001 1 001010101 11111111 1010111001 1111101 110111001 11110100101 10100101 1 110101001 101101101 1011011001 110010101 110110111 110101111 011001 1 11101101 101011101 11111101 110111 10110101 11111111 111101 1 101101 11110111 11001101 11111100 11111101 01100111 11011110 1 11010101 11101111 101110111 0100101100 11111111 11011100 01111111 1 111111 11010111 11001111 10101111 111101110 1001010010 01110101 1 11101111 11111 1011111101 11111111 1110101101 011111101 1111101111 1 11111111 010010111 1101100101 110010111 1111101110 1011100100 11111100101 1 111100111 01011101 11011011 01110101 11111111 1111100111 010111 1 11010101 11110111 11011111 0010100101 111101110 110111010 11011101 1 10110111 01111111 11011111 01011101 11110111 11010011 11001011 1 1111100101 1100101 110011101 1100111 110101001 11011101 10100100101 1 1111111110 110111010 11110111 100100110 11110101 110101101 101011010010 1 111110100101 11011101 111011111 110010011 10111110111 0111111110 11110100101 1 0011110111 110010101 01010111 11010101 11110111 111110100 11111101 1 110101001 110110101 1111011011 11010101 101010101 00111001001 01111111 1 11011110 111111010 11011101 01100101 11011111 11110111 011101100 1 11110101 01111101 11110111 01110100 10011011 01011101 01010101 1 11101101 101011101 011101000 101011101 101001001 1101101001 1111111 1 10111101 11111111001 11111111 111111111 11101101111 011011011011 00100101 1 11111101 111111101 11011111 010111011 110010111 11110101 11011101 1 1111111 11110011 11110101 111001001 1010010100 10111111111 1111100101 1 11111101 111011001 11010101 11011111 11011011 10010111 11111110 1 11011101 10010111 11010011 11011101 010101101 11110101 11011111 1 111100111 11011101 11001101 10010111 11111011 11110111 11111111 1 111111101 01110111 11100110111 01001001 00100111011 00111111101 11111111 0110101
- Amount of stanzas: 36
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 289
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, in, we, look, at, he, two, to, thou, white, his, one, my, of, as, they, ah are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, there's, we, they, ah, in are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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