This is an analysis of Incident by Countee Cullen.

Once riding in old Baltimore,
Heart-filled, head-filled with glee,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXXXacac
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 11001101 111101 1101000 110111 11111101 1111110 11111111 0111110 11010101 0101010 01011101 1111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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