This is an analysis of the poem In The Celebration Of Black History Month that begins with:
Why are you doing that?
'In the celebration of Black History Month....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XXbbbX a bcdeX feXge XhXX be dbgiX f diaiahabfX Xdbcg X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,5,5,4,2,5,1,10,5,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 101010011001 000101001 1101111101 1 1000111001 1101000101110 1110 11011010 01011111 110 0101 110100100 1 111001011 0010100 111010 1 1 0011010 1101010 11111101111 1 10100011 1010110101010 00100001011 1010100100 1110110110100 01010101 1110110111 111011111 10110011100 11101100101 110 1101011010001 010 11001110100 001101110 01011 11100101110 111010 111101111 1 1011010011 10010101110 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
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; you is repeated.
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