This is an analysis of Harlem Wine by Countee Cullen.

This is not water running here,
These thick rebellious streams…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 00110101 110101 11011111 110101 00011111 110111 10110101 110001 10111101 010101 01000101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12