This is an analysis of the poem The Niggers that begins with:

When Sibyl sits upon the beach
With Kate and Madeline, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefbdbd dXddghghXghghabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 011100 11110101 110001 01010101 01100010 11010101 0101010 01010111 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 11000101 110101 11001001 011101 01010101 010101 110010101 1101010 11010111 1101010 111000101 011101 11010101 110101 11010111 0101010 111101001 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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