This is an analysis of the poem Abolition Of Slavery In The District Of Columbia, 1862 that begins with:
When first I saw our banner wave
Above the nation's council-hall,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaccccdeedbffbeggecaachiihjjjjfeefgkkgbllbjkkXmkkmfggfcnnckookneen
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 01010101 11010101 01010001 00110111 11010101 11100101 11110101 11111111 110010111 11110101 11010111 011100101 11010101 110010101 11010111 01110001 11000101 110100101 01010101 11110111 11111101 10010001 11001101 101001110 111111001 11011101 110101010 11111101 11110110 11011101 01001101 11110001 01110101 11010111 01010101 11110101 010001001 11001101 11010101 11110101 011101101 01010101 01010001 11111111 01110111 11010111 01010100 11010101 1101101 01011101 01011001 11110001 11011101 110000101 01111110 010101001 10010101 1101011 11010101 011101001 11011101 11110101 01000101 01010111 11011100 11110101 010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2356
- Average number of words per stanza: 434
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my, of, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
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