Analysis of Love's Humility
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
As some rapt gazer on the lowly earth,
Looks up to radiant planets, ranging far,
So I, whose soul doth know thy wondrous worth
Look longing up to thee as to a star.
Scheme | ABAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111110101 11110010101 1111111101 1101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 169 |
Words | 35 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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