This is an analysis of Alone by Maya Angelou.
Lying, thinking
Last night…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXXbcaadDC CDC eXXeecDdC CDC bfafacdDCXCDC
- Stanza lengths: 10,3,9,3,13,
- Metre: 1010 11 1011101 1100110 111011 111011 1110101 1111 1111 1101101 01101 1111111 1101101 111101 010111 1111110 110101 1101010 011101 1111 1111 1101101 01101 1111111 1101101 1011010 111111 111100 010101 01010100 111101 0111 1111 1101101 01101 1111111 1101101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 37
Repeated words/phrases
nobody, alone
Anaphora
their, the
Epiphora
nobody, alone
Anadiplosis
alone
