This is an analysis of the poem Why Is It? that begins with:
Why is it so, Dear Prince of Peace,
That wrongs to Negroes never cease?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAbb ccdd aaee bbff ddgg hhii jjaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011101 11010101 11010011 11110101 00110111 01010101 10011111 11001101 11010001 11010001 11010101 01110101 11011001 11100111 11010101 11010101 11010111 11010001 00011101 01010101 11010101 11001101 01010111 01111101 11000101 01110101 10011101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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- summary of Why Is It?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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