Cite This Page To Go by Jamaica Kincaid  Girl Writing Style
Prose Poem, Rhythmic, Repetitive  A prose poem is what happens
when your normal everyday fiction and your poem love each other
very much. They have a baby that looks like prose—it's got
sentences, paragraphs, and so on—but reads like a poem, with
careful attention to language and rhythm.  "Girl" looks more or
less like prose, even though it is the longest run-on sentence
ever. But Kincaid's word choice and structure definitely make it
a prose poem.  Rhythmic and Repetitive  Kincaid didn't make
"Girl" a run-on sentence for no reason, you know. Periods are
kind of like pause buttons. You get to rest for a bit every time
you see one. By taking out the periods, Kincaid makes us keep
running along with the text. That's what helps it to sound like
Mom is just going on and on and on with her advice.  If you read
"Girl" out loud you'll probably notice that the rhythm makes it
sound kind of like a song or a chant that kids might say on the
playground. Part o