Analysis of Morning Song Of Love
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Darling, my darling, my heart is on the wing,
It flies to thee this morning like a bird,
Like happy birds in springtime my spirits soar and sing,
The same sweet song thine ears have often heard.
The sun is in my window, the shadow on the lea,
The wind is moving in the branches green,
And all my life, my darling, is turning unto thee,
And kneeling at thy feet, my own, my queen.
The golden bells are ringing across the distant hill,
Their merry peals come to me soft and clear,
But in my heart's deep chapel all incense-filled and still
A sweeter bell is sounding for thee, dear.
The bell of love invites thee to come and seek the shrine
Whose altar is erected unto thee,
The offerings, the sacrifice, the prayers, the chants are thine,
And I, my love, thy humble priest will be.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GCGC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 10110111101 1111110101 110101110101 0111111101 011011001101 0111000101 0111110110101 0101111111 0101110010101 1101111101 1011110101101 0101110111 0111011110101 1101010101 0100010010111 0111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 773 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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