Analysis of The Change
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
LOVE used to carry a bow, you know,
But now he carries a taper;
It is either a length of wax aglow,
Or a twist of lighted paper.
I pondered a little about the scamp,
And then I decided to follow
His wandering journey to field and camp,
Up hill, down dale or hollow.
I dogged the rollicking, gay, young blade
In every species of weather;
Till, leading me straight to the home of a maid
He left us there together.
And then I saw it, oh, sweet surprise,
The taper it set a-burning
The love-light brimming my lady's eyes,
And my heart with the fire of yearning.
Scheme | ABABCACADBDBEFEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111100111 11110010 1110011101 10111010 1100100101 01110110 1100101101 1111110 110100111 010010110 11011101101 1111010 011111101 01011010 011101101 0111010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 550 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 428 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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