This is an analysis of the poem Negress In Notre Dame that begins with:

When I attended Mass today
A coloured maid sat down by me,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXbcX dadaaeaX afafgbgb ceceXbab ebeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01011111 11110111 01001001 11011011 01001101 01110101 11010101 11011101 11010101 110000101 11100100 01110101 11010101 11010111 1101010100 01111001 11110101 010100111 11011111 11110101 01010101 11010101 01010101 01010111 01010111 10100101 01010101 11111100 11110111 01111101 11010101 11111111 11010101 11010111 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; any, be, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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