This is an analysis of Oriflamme by Jessie Redmon Fauset.

I think I see her sitting bowed and black,
Stricken and seared with slavery's mortal scars,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXaaba
  • Stanza lengths: 9,
  • Metre: 1111010111 10110100101 1001010101 110101 01010111001 1011011101 1011110101 110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8