Analysis of Poems On The Slave Trade - Sonnet VI
Robert Southey 1774 (Bristol) – 1843 (London)
High in the air expos'd the Slave is hung
To all the birds of Heaven, their living food!
He groans not, tho' awaked by that fierce Sun
New torturers live to drink their parent blood!
He groans not, tho' the gorging Vulture tear
The quivering fibre! hither gaze O ye
Who tore this Man from Peace and Liberty!
Gaze hither ye who weigh with scrupulous care
The right and prudent; for beyond the grave
There is another world! and call to mind,
Ere your decrees proclaim to all mankind
Murder is legalized, that there the Slave
Before the Eternal, "thunder-tongued shall plead
"Against the deep damnation of your deed."
| Scheme | ABCDEFFEGHHGII |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001010111 11011101101 111111111 11001111101 111101101 01001010111 1111110100 11011111001 0101010101 1101010111 1101011111 101101101 01001010111 0101010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 615 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 486 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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