This is an analysis of the poem Harlem [dream Deferred] that begins with:
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XbXbcXc XaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11000101 1011 1010001 110101 111 1011101 1111010 101001 10011 10101 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Harlem [dream Deferred];
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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