This is an analysis of Hope Deferred by Ina D. Coolbrith.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. Proverbs, XIII,12
Where is the perfect Vision…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abXbcdcd aeaebfXf
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,8,
  • Metre: 10110011101 1000110 001101 1101110 110101 1111010 111101 10110010 110101 1111010 1101111 110010 011101 0111111 0101001 1111010 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 17

Repeated words/phrases

days, and

Anaphora

the