Analysis of One Being Brought From Africa To America
Phillis Wheatley 1753 (West Africa) – 1784 (Boston)
'TWAS mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too:
Once I redemption neither sought now knew,
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
'Their colour is a diabolic die.'
Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain,
May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111101 110101101 110111011 1101010111 11101011101 111011 0101010111 11010111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 341 |
Words | 61 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 264 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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