This is an analysis of the poem Pronounced Fantasy that begins with:

A negro girl with skin
As black as a psychic threat,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeXffebgXdeXheiiXjbaXaaciXhibaegcfackbkcc biiji efkfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 1110101 11001011 110101010 1100100101 0111000 1001101 10010010100 00111 011111 110101110 101001000 1100110010 01000101 0110100 111101001 001001 11101111 111111111 1110011 11100111 0101111 0010010 101000110 1100010 1110101 1110111 11001001 1 110101 1010111 011010011 01001001 011101 01010010 011101 1111000010 111101 01010001 0100100001 01010010 1001011 110101 1101001 1011111011 1011111 1011111011111 11011101 110101 01010111 11010101 111100111 11110101 1110110 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 574
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, down, dat, upon are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Pronounced Fantasy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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