This is an analysis of The Slave Auction by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
The sale began—young girls were there,
Defenseless in their wretchedness,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc dede fcfc ghghXgggg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01011101 01001100 11010101 01110101 11010101 11110101 01011101 11010011 11000111 11010111 11010001 01011111 11111111 00101101 11110101 01001101 11111101 11011101 11010011 11110101 11111100 11010101 11011101 01011001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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