This is an analysis of the poem The Voice Of The Negro that begins with:
All ye nations, pause a moment! listen to the Negro's voice,
Coming up from all vocations where his life has made a choice!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbcc ccbb ddaa eecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111010101000101 101010101011101 100111101110101 001010101011101 011010101110101 011000101110101 0110100101010101 001111101010101 101000101010011 100010101010101 001010101010101 101010101110111 1010101011110101 111001101010101 111010101110101 011010101010101 101111101110001 111010101011001 111010100010001 111001100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you'll, if, with, of, or, as, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, as are repeated.
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- summary of The Voice Of The Negro;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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