Analysis of A Choice
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
They please me not-- these solemn songs
That hint of sermons covered up.
'T is true the world should heed its wrongs,
But in a poem let me sup,
Not simples brewed to cure or ease
Humanity's confessed disease,
But the spirit-wine of a singing line,
Or a dew-drop in a honey cup!
| Scheme | ABABCCDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 11110101 111011111 10010111 1111111 01000101 1010110101 101100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 285 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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