This is an analysis of the poem When I Lead I Do Not Follow that begins with:
I am not one to seek,
That good negro on the plantation appeal....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddb cadae dccf eX gXXhhhfi XjXde ccXcfc XdddbXc j fXfXX Xgcfid
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,4,2,8,5,6,7,1,5,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 10101011001 110111100 111111110 11111001 11101110010 1 1010110101 101110 0100111 1101011101 010111010011 10010101010010 010101 01110101 110100011 0010100100 011 111111010 101001001 01 111 1101111 111011001 10101001010 111001011 01111 1110110 1111101111 01101 1110010 111010 11110101 111111 0110 1111100001 110 1001010 00111001101 01110100110010 1000101 0101001100 00101001 11100111 1111 11110 1011111001 111011 11100011000 11011 11 1010010 11100011010 111010 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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