Analysis of Jealous

Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906



Hyeah come Caesar Higgins,
Don't he think he 's fine?
Look at dem new riggin's
Ain't he tryin' to shine?
Got a standin' collar
An' a stove-pipe hat,
I 'll jes' bet a dollar
Some one gin him dat.

Don't one o' you mention,
Nothin' 'bout his cloes,
Don't pay no attention,
Er let on you knows
Dat he 's got 'em on him,
Why, 't 'll mek him sick,
Jes go on an' sco'n him,
My, ain't dis a trick!

Look hyeah, whut 's he doin'
Lookin' t' othah way?
Dat ere move 's a new one,
Some one call him, 'Say!'
Can't you see no pusson--
Puttin' on you' airs,
Sakes alive, you 's wuss'n
Dese hyeah millionaires.

Need n't git so flighty,
Case you got dat suit.
Dem cloes ain't so mighty,--
Second hand to boot,
I 's a-tryin' to spite you!
Full of jealousy!
Look hyeah, man, I 'll fight you,
Don't you fool wid me!


Scheme ABABCDCD EAEXFGFG BHEHBIXI JKJKLJLJ
Poetic Form
Metre 111010 111111 11111 11111 10110 10111 1111010 11111 111110 10111 111010 01111 1111111 111111 111111 11101 111111 1111 1111011 11111 11111 1111 1011111 1101 1111110 11111 111110 10111 1101111 11100 1111111 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 771
Words 164
Sentences 12
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 140
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar was a seminal American poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries Dunbar gained national recognition for his 1896 Lyrics of a Lowly Life one poem in the collection being Ode to Ethiopia more…

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