Structural Analysis
The poem ‘The Song of the Women of my Land’ is an elegy. The poem has 45 lines. It is a free verse with scattered internal rhymes, which give the poem some rhythm. The poem has a lot of run-on-line (enjambment); this helps convey the poet’s subject matter. In general, it has eight stanzas. The first stanza has one line, while the fifth has two lines.
The mood of the poet is that of sadness. The poet is regretful of the state of his people’s history. His reflective mood reveals the lost beauty of his nation’s cultural heritage.
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