This is an analysis of Men by Maya Angelou.
When I was young, I used to
Watch behind the curtains…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdbXcXbefgbc eaceXfeebhdibcjgX cdXjihXXh
- Stanza lengths: 14,17,9,
- Metre: 1111110 101010 1111110110111 111110 101111 1011 1111101 0111010 101101110 110110 10011 1011010 101 1 1111100 101110101 001110011 110110100 1101011 100110000010 10101110 111010110 1101 1110101010 1010010110 0011 111111011 10110101 111001001 110111010 1101 10101101 111101 0101011 1010 1011 1011010 111 10
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 39
Repeated words/phrases
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