Analysis of For Colored Girls. (LADY IN ORANGE-Tangie)
.. another poem from Ntozake Shange
From the Movie, For Colored Girls.
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You don't know me, I am not
a deliberate coquette who never
did without.
What I want and I
wanted to be unforgettable.
I wanted to be a memory,
a wound to every man arrogant enough to want me.
I am the wrath of women in
windows fingerin shades.
Ol lace curtains camouflaging despair and
stretch marks.
I glittered honestly delighted
I am desired and allowed those especially
schemin tactful suitors to experience my body and spirit.
Tearin so easily blending with
theirs.
And they were so happy and lay on
my lime sheets full and wet from
my tongue.
I kissed them reverently even ankles
edges of beards...
Scheme | X XX XXXXXAAXXXXXAXXXXXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010111 10101101 1 1111111 001001110 101 11101 10110100 110110100 011100110001111 11011100 1011 1110100010 11 110100010 110100011010 1101010100110010 11100101 1 010110011 1111011 11 11110001010 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 693 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 21 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on August 06, 2017
Modified on April 25, 2023
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