This is an analysis of A Story Of The Rebellion by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
The treacherous sands had caught our boat,
And held it with a strong embrace…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb Xded Xafa cbeb XbXb agfg fXfb aXXX adaX Xfff
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 010011111 11000101 11110101 11010101 01011101 11010101 11011111 01011101 01100101 010011111 11100101 11010101 11010111 01011101 01010111 10010101 010111010 01010101 100101001 010100001 01010101 01010111 01010101 110111001 110110101 11011101 11010111 01000101 11110111 11010110 111100111 10111001 01011101 11010001 11110101 011101010 11110001 11010101 11111011 01011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
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