This is an analysis of the poem Divine Epigrams: On The Baptized Ethiopian that begins with:
Let it no longer be a forlorn hope
To wash an Ethiope;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011000011 01110 1101010101 101101 1111100101 011101000110000000100001010010100001010101000010110010100110110111000100001011001011010100100010000101101010000100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 584
- Average number of words per stanza: 88
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 97 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 15
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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