This is an analysis of Human Family by Maya Angelou.

I note the obvious differences
in the human family.…

Browse poems by Maya Angelou

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Abcb dXXb aeXe addf ffXg eXcd Xaba dfXg AXaX AX AX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,2,
  • Metre: 1101001000 0010100 1011100 111100 1011111 111000 11011101 010100 001000111 1010101 11111110 11111 11010101 1101001 11010001 111101 1111010 111101 1111101 110001 1011100 111101 110111001 110111 1111010 111101 1111010 111101 1101011 111101 0101110 010101 1101001000 011111 11110111 111100 1110111 111100 1110111 111100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

and, in, we

Anaphora

some, the, we, and, in