Analysis of A Plea
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane,
Treat me nice.
Dough my love has tu'ned my brain,
Treat me nice.
I ain't done a t'ing to shame,
Lovahs all ac's jes' de same;
Don't you know we ain't to blame?
Treat me nice!
Cose I know I 's talkin' wild;
Treat me nice;
I cain't talk no bettah, child,
Treat me nice;
Whut a pusson gwine to do,
Wen he come a-cou'tin' you
All a-trimblin' thoo and thoo?
Please be nice.
Reckon I mus' go de paf
Othahs do:
Lovahs lingah, ladies laff;
Mebbe you
Do' mean all the things you say,
An' pu'haps some latah day
W'en I baig you ha'd, you may
Treat me nice!
| Scheme | aBaBcccB dBdBeexb fefegggB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 111 11111111 111 11101111 111111 1111111 111 11111101 111 1111111 111 101111 1110111 101101 111 1011111 11 11101 11 1110111 11111 1001111111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 563 |
| Words | 118 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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