This is an analysis of the poem The Negro Girl that begins with:
I.
Dark was the dawn, and o'er the deep... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdd X ededff X gcgcee X hihibb a fafacc a efefaX X jgjgfX X cdXXjj X ggggkk h hghgcc a Xjdjgg X flflaa X ghghaa X lalaee X gagajX X fmfmii X igigii X aeaelX X ngngdd X gcXckk XXgdgdll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 110111001 010101 011101001 111101 1101110101 011101100101 1 01011001 110101 11011101 111101 1011000101 110101110101 1 10010101 010111 01010101 1100101 01011000101 110101010101 1 1101110101 1010101 11010101 111101 10001011101 1010110010100101 1 101010101 1011001 101111101 1000101 10101011001 1011101010011 1 101011101 1010101 101111101 1010101 10111110111 1010101011100 1 101010101 1000001 100010101 110001 101001010101 1000101010101 1 100011101 1011101 10101111 101011 10101010101 10100111011001 1 100110001 1010101 1011100101 10101001 10111011101 10001110111101 1 101010101 1011101 101010101 1011101 101011101001 10111110101 1 1000101010 1010101 101010101 10101001 10101110001 1011111010101 1 100110101 1010111 100011101 10010101 10101010100 1010101110101 1 11011111 110101 11100101 1011001 1111010101 1010101010101 1 101011111 111101 101000101 1010101 10101110101 1001101010101 1 1010010101 1011101 1011101001 1010101 10011111101 1010001010010 1 100010101 1100101 101010101 1010101 10101011101 1100101010101 1 11011101 1000101 101010101 1010111 1101001101 1011101110101 1 101011101 1010111 100111101 110101 10100111101 100110101010100 1 01011101 010101 01010101 110101 1101111111 100101010101 1 11010111 1101001 110101010 0100101 1001010111 110101110001 1 11010101 110101 10111101 110111 1101110101 100111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 42
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 167
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, my, now are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, some, why, now are repeated.
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- summary of The Negro Girl;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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