This is an analysis of the poem The Key-Board that begins with:
Five-and-thirty black slaves,
Half-a-hundred white,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcded dfgfcdeD XbgbcdaD bhghcded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 10101 1110101 11101 101010 10101 1110100 00101 111010 10111 1010101 10101 101010 10101 1010100 00101 101110 10111 1011101 11101 101010 10101 1010100 00101 101010 11101 1010101 01101 101010 10101 1010100 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; with, ah, silent are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, dumb, ah, waken are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word tips at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dumb connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Key-Board;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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