This is an analysis of the poem Cultural Exchange that begins with:

In the Quarter of the Negroes
Where the doors are doors of paper...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbacbdecXXfff AbXXfaf cXgde afebee hhXg aXabXb bgbiaahaXHchXicH XXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,7,5,6,4,6,16,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100010 10111010 101010 10101 010111010 10111111 110111 10101011 010111 1001100 01010010 1111110 1100010 00100010 10101010 1110101 0101111 100110 0010101 01010 101101 0010101 11101110 10010101 11110110 001100101 101101110 110100 101010 1010101 1010100 111110 1110110 1011 111110 1111 1111 101010 00111010 1010100 11010 101010 101010100010 10101001010 0101001110 011010 10111010 10101110 1110101110 110101110 1010 1010 1010 11101110 01101001100 11 1010 10011001110 11111010 101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase nightmares connects the lines.

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

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

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