This is an analysis of For A Poet by Countee Cullen.

I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
And laid them away in a box of gold;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABaAXbAB
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1111100101 1100100101 110101001 1111100101 1111111101 110111111 1111100101 1100100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: ottava rima
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

in, i

Anaphora

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