Analysis of Dream Song II
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Pray, what can dreams avail
To make love or to mar?
The child within the cradle rail
Lies dreaming of the star.
But is the star by this beguiled
To leave its place and seek the child?
The poor plucked rose within its glass
Still dreameth of the bee;
But, tho' the lagging moments pass,
Her Love she may not see.
If dream of child and flower fail,
Why should a maiden's dreams prevail?
| Scheme | ABABCC DEDEAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 111111 01010101 110101 11011101 11110101 01110111 11101 11010101 011111 11110101 1101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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