Analysis of The New Collosus
Not like the brazen hulk of China’s fame,
Weathered fingers stretching through all its land
Here at river’s crossing, this wall will stand
A concrete and steel monument of shame
A prison not just for those who here came
Seeking life better than from that escaped;
But also for those whose broke hearts are caped
In endless cycles of colored-skin con-games
“Keep you, your ancient people brown,” it screams
With boisterous pomp, “Give me your white and pure
Your blessed beauties skin the shades of creams
Keep your filthy brown south of the Rio shore
Virgin’s blush rose red want we north those streams
For else we out the lamp and close our door.”
Scheme | ABBA ACCX DXDEDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101111 1010101111 1110101111 0010110011 0101111111 1011011101 1101111111 01010110111 1111010111 11001111101 111010111 11101110101 1011111111 11110101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 665 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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