Analysis of In The Belly of Slave Ships
The road
To slavery
Shall die
This
Profitable enterprise
So full of lies
Someone’s property or
Human chattel
Chained in the
Belly of slave ships,
Side-by-side
The rights of men denied
Lord, we curse the vipers,
The maggots and
The
Flies
| Scheme | ABCDEEFGHIJJKLHE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 1100 11 1 100010 1111 11001 1010 100 10111 111 011101 111010 0100 0 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 238 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Written on October 29, 2022
Submitted by ggolden9 on October 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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