This is an analysis of the poem Ma Lady's Lips Am Like De Honey that begins with:

(Negro Love Song)
Breeze a-sighin' and a-blowin',... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
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  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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; like, de, ma, so, lady's, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ma is repeated.

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