This is an analysis of the poem Wake Nicodemus! that begins with:

Nicodemus, the slave was of African birth,
And was bought for a bagful of gold;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccX dceec fgfgdfdc hahagbgb didijcjc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100001101001 111101101 111011001001 111001101 101101111101 001011101 101101011001101 1111011000 01011000111 01111101 111101001011 111101001 01100001 111101011111 111001001 111001111101 111001001 111101101011 001011111 111101111001 111001101 100011001001 101011101 101001011111 101101001 101101011001 101111001 111101011111 101011011 101101101101 101011111 101101101001 101011011 111001101001 111001001 101111001001 101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, long, he, and, to are repeated.

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

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