Analysis of Despair
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
LET me close the eyes of my soul
That I may not see
What stands between thee and me.
Let me shut the ears of my heart
That I may not hear
A voice that drowns yours, my dear.
Let me cut the cords of my life,
Of my desolate being,
Since cursed is my hearing and seeing.
| Scheme | ABBCDEFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 11101111 11111 1101101 11101111 11111 0111111 11101111 1110010 111110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 267 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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