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Insomniac by Maya Angelou: poem analysis

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This is an analysis of Insomniac by Maya Angelou.

There are some nights when
sleep plays coy,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXaccb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 11111 111 011010 1101 110101 010011 1101101 11110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

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