This is an analysis of the poem The Negro Ballot that begins with:
Can America be reckoned as the country of the free?
In the light of recent actions 'tis a truth that's hard to see.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb bbcX ddcc eeXX ccff ddaa bbXg hhdd ccbb ggaa iigg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101000101010001 001010101011101 011000100010101 101000101110111 101111101110101 001000111010101 101100101111111 0111001010100110 111010111011101 0011101001111001 101000000010001 111010101110101 101010101010001 101010101000101 001011100010101 1011101110101001 111011100010101 1010111010101010 101110101010101 101010101010101 1110101010100001 001111100010111 101010100010001 101000101011001 110011101010101 101001001110101 0010101000100010 101010101010101 111111101010101 111010101010101 101011101011101 101110100010101 111011100011101 101110100010101 101010100010101 101011101011101 101011001011101 001000101110101 001010101010001 101010101010101 001010101011101 100010101010111 101000101010001 101110111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (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, none, and, with are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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- summary of The Negro Ballot;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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