This is an analysis of the poem In Honor Of Black History Month that begins with:
...and, this year we are so excited,
In honor of Black History Month......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcadcef Xc aagea dae bfhdX hchh XefX g X h hcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,2,5,3,5,4,4,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111010 010011001 001011010101 01001110010010 1 01110 11010010101 010100101 100111 01 10110 1101011011 11110001 11111010 1101010110 1111 1 1101001 1100 11 1101011 11001 010111111111 10010010010111 11100100101 1011001001010 100001 01011 1 11111010 111011 10 111111100110 111111111111 00010 10011 111010010 111111000110
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 38
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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