This is an analysis of the poem Inscription Under The Picture Of An Aged Negro-Woman that begins with:

Art thou a woman? -- so am I; and all
That woman can be, I have been, or am;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabcaX abaXdXefecggXXbgXcggfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011111 1101011011 01010011010 10001111001 0110111100 11101101110 11011111101 110101000100 1101111111 1111010110 0101010111 11010111010 0101010101 1111011111 0111110101 110011101110 1111011111 1001001100 1011010111 1111001111 1111101101 01001110111 0101010011 1101001111 1111110101 0111010100 0101011101 1111010101 111101010100 1111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 660
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, vow are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word slave at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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