Analysis of African Women
African Women
wrap your hair
with your headscarf of courageous virtue,
In the light of our children let us reflect through!
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10010 111 111101010 0011101011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 121 |
| Words | 21 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
This is a short poem about how women in general are important in generational history.
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Written on October 08, 2021
Submitted by SunriseSunsetAmor on October 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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