This is an analysis of Desire by Alice Walker.

My desire
is always the same; wherever Life…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXaXccXdbXaXeeXeddd
  • Stanza lengths: 22,
  • Metre: 1010 011010101 0101 110111 11110 00010 11011011 111 110 111 1 1101 10 0101001010 1010100010 10110 1101101 101 110010 0010011 101 010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 22

Epiphora

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