This is an analysis of the poem Dat Gal O' Mine that begins with:
Skin as black an' jes as sof' as a velvet dress,
Teeth as white as ivory —well dey is I guess.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc XX cX dd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111110101 111110011011 1111111101001 11111111011 111110110101 101111011101 11101111101 101011110101 111011111111 0010101100110 1110111110111 111110111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, an' are repeated.
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