This is an analysis of the poem The Crum Appointment that begins with:
You, no doubt, have heard the story told of Charleston by the sea,
How they persecute a Negro when a man he tries to be,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdX aXee XXcc ffeX ddee ggee eebXXbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101010100101 111010101011100 101000101010101 111010101010001 101010100011001 101010100010101 101000101011100 111010100010001 001010101110101 101111101110101 101000101010001 101000101010011 001010101010101 001010101010101 101010101011101 111010101011101 111010101110111 101000111011111 101011101010111 0010111110101100 101011101010101 101010101010001 101000101010101 101010101010001 111110101010101 101011101011111 101010101010101 111110101010111 101011111010011 011110101010111 1000100101110111 101001111110001 110000101010101 1110101010100101 111000101110001 100011101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, and, they, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, 'twas, they are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Crum Appointment;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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