This is an analysis of Fruit Of The Flower by Countee Cullen.
My father is a quiet man
With sober, steady ways;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababacac dada eXeX XaXa dXdXXeded
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11000101 010101 1100101 011101 11010100 110100 01111101 110101 11110111 110110 11010101 011101 11110101 1001010 11010101 1101100 11110110 010001 01010101 111101 11110101 111110 01110101 111100 11010101 110111 11010101 110011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 28
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