This is an analysis of California Prodigal by Maya Angelou.
FOR DAVID P—B
The eye follows, the land…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abcXXXd baXe bbXXX bXcXXb aebdffeef
- Stanza lengths: 1,7,4,5,6,9,
- Metre: 11011 011001 1101011 01010001 100010 1010110 101010 01010100 110111 11010101 110110 101110 1110101 100010 100101 011011000 1011 01111 1100000 11010 00101 010010 010100010 010111 01110101 01010110 10001010 100100100 1100011 0110010 111010 111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 32