This is an analysis of the poem Acrostics: I.--To Mr. J. P--N, In The State Of Missouri, 1841 that begins with:
The dolorous cry, from far was heard
How groaned poor Afric's sable sons.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcc cccdcde effbcbcgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010111 11110101 11010111 11010101 1101110010 11011101 11010101 111011111 111101001 11111101 11011111 11010001 10011101 110101001 11111111 10010111 11110101 01010111 11110101 11111111 0101111111 1101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; him is repeated.
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