Analysis of Emmitt Till
Young boy whistling
storms of innocent pain and
Winds of oppression
Lurk vividly this summer
His image in God's
Hands as the sun turns into
Black boy in damming river
Fragile spirit home
| Scheme | X X X A X X A X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 1110010 11010 1100110 11001 1101101 1101010 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 278 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 19 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
About this poem
Emmitt Till is a collection of haiku poems dedicated to a child's death that sparked the civil rights movement in America
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Written on March 14, 2024
Submitted by Cindy577211399 on March 19, 2024
Modified by Cindy577211399 on May 01, 2024
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