Analysis of Dey know.
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
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IF thro' the sea of night which here surrounds me,
I could swim out beyond the farthest star,
Break every barrier of circumstance that bounds me,
And greet the Sun of sweeter life afar,
Tho' near you there is passion, grief, and sorrow,
And out there rest and joy and peace and all,
I should renounce that beckoning for tomorrow,
I could not choose to go beyond your call.
| Scheme | ABCBCDEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10 11011111011 1111010101 1100100110111 0101110101 11111101010 0111010101 11011100101 1111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 300 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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