This is an analysis of When You Come by Maya Angelou.

When you come to me, unbidden,
Beckoning me…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba XXbbbXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,7,
  • Metre: 11101100 1001 01011 11001 10011001110 1000111 1001010 100111 10101 11
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

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