This is an analysis of the poem To Thomas Clarkson that begins with:
ON THE FINAL PASSING OF THE BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE
MARCH 1807... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bXXbbccbbddbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1010100011010100011 11 10011100101 11011100111 0111011100 1111001101 1111110101 1101010101 11011110001 1111111001 10010100101 0111110101 0111001101 1111110011 0111001111 0111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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