This is an analysis of Bible Defense Of Slavery by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

Take sackcloth of the darkest dye,
And shroud the pulpits round!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded afXf baXaXdddd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11000101 110101 10011101 110101 11010111 1100101 11110111 111101 110101001 0100111 01110101 0110001 010011110 010111 10010100 010101 101011101 110101 010110100 011101 11111101 111111 010100101 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

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