This is an analysis of the poem Bible Defense Of Slavery that begins with:

Take sackcloth of the darkest dye,
And shroud the pulpits round! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded afXf baXaXdddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 110101 10011101 110101 11010111 1100101 11110111 111101 110101001 0100111 01110101 0110001 010011110 010111 10010100 010101 101011101 110101 010110100 011101 11111101 111111 010100101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The author used the same word let at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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