This is an analysis of the poem The Plantation Child's Lullaby that begins with:

WINTAH time hit comin'
Stealin' thoo de night;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcXCXcdXeXXCXdXdXXXCXeaeXcXCadXdXcXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 10101 110010 10101 101010 10001 111110 10111 101010 11111 111010 10101 101010 10001 111110 10111 1001010 10101 111110 1011 1010100 10101 101010 10111 101110 10101 100011 10101 10101 10111 101110 10111 111110 11110 100010 10101 101010 11111 101110 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 899
  • Average number of words per stanza: 171
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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