This is an analysis of My Bonnet Of Blue by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
My bonnet of blue, my bonnet of blue,
Its gossamer fineness I'll sing to you;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AabbAa ccddAa ddeeAa ccaaAaXddccAa
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 1100111001 01001001101 10100100101 111100101 1100111001 1110101101 011101101 0101001001 110111111 1101111011 1100111001 1111111101 1101101111 01101011111 10111101101 11001101011 1100111001 1101101011 111100111 111100111 110100101 110111111 1100111001 1110111101 1101111011 01101011101 11001111001 1111101101 1100111001 111111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
of, my, bonnet, i, blue
