Analysis of Portrait in Georgia
Jean Toomer 1894 (Washington, D.C.) – 1967 (Doylestown)
Hair--braided chestnut,
coiled like a lyncher's rope,
Eyes--fagots,
Lips--old scars, or the first red blisters,
Breath--the last sweet scent of cane,
And her slim body, white as the ash
of black flesh after flame.
| Scheme | ABCCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 11011 11 111101110 1011111 001101101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 217 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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