This is an analysis of Negotiations with a Volcano by Naomi Shihab Nye.
We will call you "Agua" like the rivers and cool jugs.
We will persuade the clouds to nestle around your neck…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcXaXacX XaaXXXX XXXad eceedbe
- Stanza lengths: 9,7,5,7,
- Metre: 101110001010111 1001010100111 11111 11010011010 10101111001 111011011010011 10110100101 101001101010010 010001001101011 1101111100111100 110111100101110 101001000111 011010110101 10111111111 11011 001100001110111 10111101101 1111101 10101011101 101101101001010 1111011011101 111110 1101111101 110100011 1110101 01000111 1111111 1101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
we, you, of, our
Anaphora
we, please
