Analysis of A Lazy Day
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
THE trees bend down along the stream,
Where anchored swings my tiny boat.
The day is one to drowse and dream
And list the thrush's throttling note.
When music from his bosom bleeds
Among the river's rustling reeds.
No ripple stirs the placid pool,
When my adventurous line is cast,
A truce to sport, while clear and cool,
The mirrored clouds slide softly past.
The sky gives back a blue divine,
And all the world's wide wealth is mine.
A pickerel leaps, a bow of light,
The minnows shine from side to side.
The first faint breeze comes up the tide —
I pause with half uplifted oar,
While night drifts down to claim the shore.
Scheme | ABABCCDEDEFFGHHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101 11011101 01111101 01011001 11011101 01010101 11010101 110100111 01111101 01011101 01110101 01011111 010010111 01011111 01111101 11111001 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 620 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 490 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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