This is an analysis of A Journey by Nikki Giovanni.
It's a journey . . . that I propose . . . I am not the guide . . . nor technical assistant . . . I will be your fellow passenger . . .
Though the rail has been ridden . . . winter clouds cover . . . autumn's exuberant quilt . . . we must provide our own guide-posts . . .…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X X a a X X
- Stanza lengths: 1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Metre: 00101101111011100010100110100 101101010110100100111011111 11101001000110101110010100101011111101 111010111101111001000101110011000101010 11011010111000111101001111011 001011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 6
Repeated words/phrases
i, not
Anaphora
i