This is an analysis of Emancipation Day by Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer.
The sixties brought a clash of arms—
The mem'ry of it thrills and charms—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd dddddddd eeff ccgg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,8,4,4,
- Metre: 01010101 01000111 11011101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11011101 01010101 01010101 00110101 01010101 11010111 01010111 01010101 11010001 11010101 10011111 11010111 01010101 10110101 01010111 01110101 01010011 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 24
Anaphora
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