This is an analysis of The Detached by Maya Angelou.

We die,
Welcoming Bluebeards to our darkening closets,…

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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