Analysis of Song
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Wintah, summah, snow er shine,
Hit's all de same to me,
Ef only I kin call you mine,
An' keep you by my knee.
Ha'dship, frolic, grief er caih,
Content by night an' day,
Ef only I kin see you whaih
You wait beside de way.
Livin', dyin', smiles er teahs,
My soul will still be free,
Ef only thoo de comin' yeahs
You walk de worl' wid me.
Bird-song, breeze-wail, chune er moan,
What puny t'ings dey'll be,
Ef w'en I's seemin' all erlone,
I knows yo' hea't's wid me.
Scheme | ABABCDEDFBFBGBAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 111111 11011111 111111 110101 101111 11011111 110111 11101 111111 1101111 111111 1111101 110111 110011111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 488 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 332 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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