This is an analysis of the poem Nigger that begins with:

I am the nigger.
Singer of songs, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbacXcbacXXXbbbXbAXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 1001 10 1011010 10111 110001 101101 101101010 11001010 11001001000 10100111 1011010101 1100111 1101010 1001010110 10101111101010010 1011000100010 11010 111 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, love are repeated.

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  • summary of Nigger;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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