This is an analysis of the poem A Spiritual that begins with:
De 'cession's stahted on de gospel way,
De Capting is a-drawin' nigh:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaA babA cacA dadA XaXA Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101010101 01000101 10101010101 111110111 1101000101 1100110111 11010101010111 111110111 1101011101 111010111 11010101001 111110111 11001010101 11111111 010001010101 111110111 110101000100 101010101 110001111001 111110111 1111111 1111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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; de, yo' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word de is repeated.
The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word by at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Spiritual;
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