Analysis of Drizzle
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
HIT'S been drizzlin' an' been sprinklin',
Kin' o' techy all day long.
I ain't wet enough fu' toddy,
I's too damp to raise a song,
An' de case have set me t'inkin',
Dat dey's folk des lak de rain,
Dat goes drizzlin' w'en dey's talkin',
An' won't speak out flat an' plain.
Ain't you nevah set an' listened
At a body 'splain his min'?
W'en de t'oughts dey keep on drappin'
Was n't big enough to fin'?
Dem's whut I call drizzlin' people,
Othahs call 'em mealy mouf,
But de fust name hits me bettah,
Case dey nevah tech a drouf.
Dey kin talk from hyeah to yandah,
An' f'om yandah hyeah ergain,
An' dey don' mek no mo' 'pression,
Den dis powd'ry kin' o' rain.
En yo' min' is dry ez cindahs,
Er a piece o' kindlin' wood,
'T ain't no use a-talkin' to'em,
Fu' dey drizzle ain't no good.
Gimme folks dat speak out nachul,
Whut'll say des whut dey mean,
Whut don't set dey wo'ds so skimpy
Dat you got to guess between.
I want talk des' lak de showahs
Whut kin wash de dust erway,
Not dat sprinklin' convusation,
Dat des drizzle all de day.
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Metre | 111111 1110111 1110111 1111101 1111111 1111111 1111001110 1111111 1111110 1010111 1001111111 11110111 1111110 111101 1111111 111101 1111111 11111 1111111 111111 1111111 001111 111101011 1110111 1011111 111111 11111110 1111101 1111111 111111 1111 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,005 |
Words | 201 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 745 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 199 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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