This is an analysis of Misunderstood by Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer.

The ills of all the human race,
The woes of earth that bring disgrace…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb bbcc ddbb ccbb bbbb eebb ffbb ccbb XXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01010101 01011101 11001101 01011001 11110110 01011001 01011110 01110111 01010111 11010101 01011111 11011101 01000101 11010101 11010111 11011001 01110101 01011101 11110100 01011001 01011100 01011001 01110101 01011001 01010001 11010101 01010100 01011001 01011111 01011111 11010100 11111001 110111010 01011101 01010000 01011001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 36

Anaphora

the, a