Answer to Example 5
nAnapestic tetrameter, although this meter varies somewhat. How SAY that by LAW we may TORture and CHASE / A WOman whose CRIME is the HUE of her FACE?
nThis serious poem makes
use of galloping meter because
it deals with a mother escaping from slavery.
She is pursued as she crosses the river into freedom. The meter gives the rhythm of the poem a sense of urgency.