This is an analysis of Sonnet by James Weldon Johnson.
My heart be brave, and do not falter so,
Nor utter more that deep, despairing wail.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefcc
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101111101 1101110101 1101011111 1111111101 110101011 0101011101 1101000111 1101010101 1111010101 1110111101 1111011101 110011001001 1101011101 1001010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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