This is an analysis of An Anthem by Sonia Sanchez.

Our vision is our voice
we cut through the country…

Browse poems by Sonia Sanchez

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXX bac ccc DE cabc facX gcca he cXXaXa fghXfX dbXDE
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,2,4,4,4,2,6,6,5,
  • Metre: 110011 111010 110100010100 11101010 110101001 1101101 11011 11011 11011011 11101111 0101111 111010 010111 1010110 111111011 10101110 111110111 101010001010 11101111 1111110110 1111110011 111111011 111111011 111011110 101111 11010 1001010001 11110 0100101 1110010 0110 111001110 10111 10010100111 110100110 01 1100100010 1111001 1110100010 11101111 0101111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 41

Repeated words/phrases

we, and, not, more, than

Anaphora

we, are