Analysis of Conversion
Jean Toomer 1894 (Washington, D.C.) – 1967 (Doylestown)
African Guardian of Souls,
Drunk with rum,
Feasting on strange cassava,
Yielding to new words and a weak palabra
Of a white-faced sardonic god--
Grins, cries
Amen,
Shouts hosanna.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10010011 111 10111 101110011 10110101 11 01 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 180 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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