This is an analysis of the poem Million Man March Poem that begins with:

The night has been long,
The wound has been deep,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB ddefXgf aBCB eehhXiihj AbcB kkAXkkhh eXiiihagXjhjg jjXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,4,9,4,8,13,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 01101 01101 101101 10011110101 11111110111 11011111 110101111 10101111 10100001100 110101 1101101 01101 01101 101101 1011001101 1010101 0100010100 0101010101 111101010 111 1101100101 01101111001 11111001101 01101 01101 01101 101101 0111111111 11011011010 01101 010111110 11011 1110110111011 11101011101 1111110001111 111111101000101 1111111011001 11111111001100100 1111101010111 111010101110 1110101111 1111010 11100011100 1110101001 11110110011010 10000111 10000110 1001100 011001101010001 1101011010101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; been, has, your, across, through, clap, hands, and, i, say, our, into are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, you, across, i, let, clap are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Million Man March Poem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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