Analysis of The Awakening
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
I DID not know that life could be so sweet,
I did not know the hours could speed so fleet,
Till I knew you, and life was sweet again.
The days grew brief with love and lack of pain —
I was a slave a few short days ago,
The powers of Kings and Princes now I know;
I would not be again in bondage, save
I had your smile, the liberty I crave.
| Scheme | AABCDDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111111 11110101111 1111011101 0111110111 1101011101 01011010111 1111010101 1111010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 342 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 256 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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