Analysis of Remembered
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
She sang, and I listened the whole song thro'.
(It was sweet, so sweet, the singing.)
The stars were out and the moon it grew
From a wee soft glimmer way out in the blue
To a bird thro' the heavens winging.
She sang, and the song trembled down to my breast,--
(It was sweet, so sweet the singing.)
As a dove just out of its fledgling nest,
And, putting its wings to the first sweet test,
Flutters homeward so wearily winging.
She sang and I said to my heart 'That song,
That was sweet, so sweet i' the singing,
Shall live with us and inspire us long,
And thou, my heart, shalt be brave and strong
For the sake of those words a-winging.'
The woman died and the song was still.
(It was sweet, so sweet, the singing.)
But ever I hear the same low trill,
Of the song that shakes my heart with a thrill,
And goes forever winging.
Scheme | aBaxb cBccb dbddb eBeeb |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1101100111 11111010 010100111 10111011001 101101010 11001101111 11111010 1011111101 0101110111 1010110010 1101111111 111111010 111100111 011111101 101111010 010100111 11111010 110110111 1011111101 0101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 813 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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