This is an analysis of the poem Nikki-Rosa that begins with:

Childhood rememberances are
always a drag if you're Black ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXcdeXfXaXgef gdhdfbibbb gfhfhiXibc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100001 1101011 11101011 10010010110 1010110110 110101110 1001110 10101100 10111111 0101 11110011101 0111111 011 010101111 10111010 110001010 0110011011 0101010010 101110111 1011010 11 1111000 10010111 11101 000110101 1101001101 1010001011 111011011 110010011 1011110101 101011 01110101 1101111 1001011111 1101011 10111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Nikki-Rosa;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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