Analysis of After Many Days
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
I'VE always been a faithful man
An' tried to live for duty,
But the stringent mode of life
Has somewhat lost its beauty.
The story of the generous bread
He sent upon the waters,
Which after many days returns
To trusting sons and daughters,
Had oft impressed me, so I want
My soul influenced by it,
And bought a loaf of bread and sought
A stream where I could try it.
I cast my bread upon the waves
And fancied then to await it;
It had not floated far away
When a fish came up and ate it.
And if I want both fish and bread,
And surely both I'm wanting,
About the only way I see
Is for me to go fishing.
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHIHJHKHDLBL |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 1110101 1111110 1010111 1111110 010101001 1101010 11010101 1101010 11011111 1110011 01011101 0111111 11110101 01011011 11110101 10111011 01111101 0101110 01010111 1111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 464 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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