This is an analysis of the poem Banneker that begins with:
What did he do except lie
under a pear tree, wrapped in...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXbefcce ggeegeXXXbh ijcejfadXic eeeieXdahXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011 1001110 0111101 1010010 100000100101 101111 01001101011 11011 111111 100111 1110110 1111110 1010011010 1011000101 10111001 01010010 01011001010 0010110100 1110010100 010011 010010 010110 0101110 01111 1111 011101 1110101 11101 110101 1110 111 01111 111111 010011 1010010 100101 1101111 111111 1011111 1000101 1001001111 0100110 100010110 001001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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 Banneker;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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