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