This is an analysis of Maceo by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
Maceo dead! a thrill of sorrow
Through our hearts in sadness ran…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb defe dgeg hihi dbjb ckjk afXf jl Xl eehe XeXe alhl miki jbjb mhXh jnXn
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10101010 1110101 11101110 1011101 11110010 0110001 10111110 00110001 10101010 1000101 1011011 1010101 00101011 1010011 00101011 1010101 10111010 1010101 10101010 1110101 10101010 1111101 10111010 1110111 10101010 1011111 10101110 0111101 10111010 11101001 10101100 10011101 10111010 1110101 10101010 1011101 10101010 1010101 11111110 1110101 10111010 0110101 11001010 1010101 11101110 1010111 10111110 1010101 10101010 101101 10101010 0111101 11111110 1010101 10101010 1111111 10111010 111101 11101010 1110111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 16
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
his, of, and, to, peace
Anaphora
peace
Anadiplosis
peace