This is an analysis of the poem To A Black Gin that begins with:
Daughter of Eve, draw near—I would behold thee.
Good Heavens! Could ever arm of man enfold thee?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bXX ccX ddd aaa eee fffbgg fff Xgg hhh hhX hhh ccX iii jjj kkk hhh lll Xcc fff lll ccX mmm aaa fff iii nnn mmXm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,6,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011111011 010110101011 0011011111 11010111010 10010101100 1101100100 11110011110 1110001010 1111110011000 110000010100 11011100010 11001100010 11110101011 11011101011 01110101011 01011111110 10110111110 01111111010 11010100111 10011111011 00110001011 11010101110 11010111010 110100111010 11100100110 11111100010 01010101010 11010011100 11110101010 11010101010 010001100010 0111101010 11011100110 11011111010 10111111010 11010001110 110101000010 11000101010 11010111010 11110111010 11001101010 0101001000 11101111010 01010100010 01000111010 11010011011 01001111011 01111100111 10110001010 11111111010 01010001010 111111001010 11110001010 11101001010 11011101011 01011101011 01000111011 1111110110 11010111110 10011101010 101001111010 11000100010 11010101010 10011101011 011101001011 11010111010 011100111010 0101101010 1011001010 110101010010 01010111010 11110101010 00010111011 011101111011 11000100111 11011011010 11011011010 11000110010 010101010010 010111001010 01010111010 01010111010 01001111110 01010100010 110001111110 11010111010 1111111 110
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; thee, me, to, face, thy, him, and, he, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, and, his, of are repeated.
The author used the same words thy, what, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee, me, it, one, him, so, too are repeated).
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