This is an analysis of Don’t Be Like Those Who Ask For Everything by Alice Walker.

Don’t be like those who ask for everything:
praise, a blurb, a free ride in my rented…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXbabXX
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 1011111101 1010110110 10111110111010 101001 0111111111 0010101 1011 010100 101010 001101 101 01
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12