This is an analysis of The Art Of Disappearing by Naomi Shihab Nye.

When they say Don't I know you?
say no.…

Browse poems by Naomi Shihab Nye

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa XXbXcde Xe fbdddd fXgfgX XXc
  • Stanza lengths: 2,7,2,6,6,3,
  • Metre: 1111111 11 110110010 01011011 01100 111010011 111010 1010110101 101 011111010 11 0111110101 110001010 1010001 1010101111 10110110 0010010 11110101001001 110101010 1111101010 01101 111011111 101011 10110101 111101010 101101011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 26