This is an analysis of the poem The Sermon On The Warpland that begins with:
“The fact that we are black
is our ultimate reality.” ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXX bX Xcc dcecdddeX bedXaeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,9,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111 011000100 1100 11001010001 11010101010 1101010101 11011101010 11010111010 11110010001 11010111010 0101 101001110010 01 01000101010 1111010001 0100001001 01010000101 1111110101 10011101010 1011011101 011100 011111 1000001 010100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, with, love, like are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words say, the, with are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines river is repeated).
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- summary of The Sermon On The Warpland;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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