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The Traveller by Maya Angelou: poem analysis

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This is an analysis of The Traveller by Maya Angelou.

Byways and bygone
And lone nights long…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa XXXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11111 1111 11111 1111 10110 1111 00110 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

and, my

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