Analysis of Black doll



My black doll

Growing up I had  toys to play with and all, but I always  wanted me a black doll. I had  white ones, paper ones , knock off barbies, and more.  I even walked miles looking for 1 in a thrift store. I was crazy about them all but it was  something about a black doll. Then I grew up and had  babies of my own.  No more fake babies in my home. They all had that color of brown sugar. Closest I’ll get to  a black doll, I figured.  Then my Heavenly Father allowed another birth, and for  my black doll, not another search. Her ears were so dark that folks were saying, maybe its her birthmark. My mother took one look at her and said, no, thats gonna be one black child, but I was thinking,  I finally have own black doll!

Written by Me Praise God for all my blessings!
My mom died a few months later that year, so I remember what she said about her last grandchild she got to see before she died.


Scheme A A XX
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1011111110111110101111111011110011101110100111110011111110010111111011011111110011111110111010111011110111001001010101111101010101111010101011101111001111011111111011001111 10111111110 1110111011110101110101111110111
Characters 913
Words 184
Sentences 13
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 2
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 173
Words per line (avg) 48
Letters per stanza (avg) 230
Words per stanza (avg) 64

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Written for my daughter Travia

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Submitted by Chrisinda on June 22, 2021

Modified by Chrisinda on March 23, 2023

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