This is an analysis of The Detached by Maya Angelou.
We die,
Welcoming Bluebeards to our darkening closets,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbcde affcde XffcXe
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
- Metre: 11 100100110010 1001011 1011011 1011 10010 11 10010101 1001011001 111011 1011 10010 11 1001000011 100110110 1011011 1010 10010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 18
Anaphora
stranglers
Anadiplosis
gods, kisses
