This is an analysis of Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou.
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabaCadXdEfEC baegacaCaXhhEfEC icjjfbcCXkdkE fEC iihiXiCagigefEC
- Stanza lengths: 13,16,13,3,15,
- Metre: 10101011101 0111101010101 1111010 110101 11 0001011 01011 01011 01011 0010 01000 010010 11 110001 111111 1001 01011 11111 111011 010101 11 0010011 101011 01011 101011 0010 01000 010010 11 101110 11101 1111 1111 110100 111010 111111 11 0001011 01011 01011 01011 0010 01000 010010 11 11101 111111 1111101 110111 111110 010111 11 0001011 01011 01011 01011 00010 01000 010010 11
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
of, my, they
Anaphora
the
