Analysis of A Musical
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
OUTSIDE the rain upon the street,
The sky all grim of hue,
Inside, the music-painful sweet,
And yet I heard but you
As is a thrilling violin,
So is your voice to me,
And still above the other strains,
It sang in ecstasy.
| Scheme | ABABCDED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101 011111 01010101 011111 11010001 111111 01010101 110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 221 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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