This is an analysis of the poem Dinner Guest: Me that begins with:
I know I am
The Negro Problem...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXbcdXddecXX Xffffebae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 01010 10111 100010010 11011 11010 010011 011101 010111 10011101 01010101 10010 101001 10101010100 0100010 0101 1100010 1010101 000101 110111 0111 0100010 011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Dinner Guest: Me;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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