This is an analysis of the poem Of Haitian Blood that begins with:

Those displaced and in heartache...
Of Haitian blood....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXc dcecXXX XeXdffX gbDDDg fff Xae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,7,6,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011 0101 100010 1011010 110111 01011110101 100100100 1100011101 101110 111101 111100100 0100101 1111 11001000 111 001011 11110000101010 01010010010 01100010101 01110110101 11010110100 111 111 111 1101 1101 11110010 0110110101 1000 0111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • 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:

    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; with, i, love, you are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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  • summary of Of Haitian Blood;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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