Analysis of By The Stream
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
BY the stream I dream in calm delight, and watch as in a glass,
How the clouds like crowds of snowy-hued and white-robed maidens pass,
And the water into ripples breaks and sparkles as it spreads,
Like a host of armored knights with silver helmets on their heads.
And I deem the stream an emblem fit of human life may go,
For I find a mind may sparkle much and yet but shallows show,
And a soul may glow with myriad lights and wondrous mysteries,
When it only lies a dormant thing and mirrors what it sees.
Scheme | AABBCCDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101110101011001 101111101011101 001001101010111 101110111010111 011011101110111 11101110101111 0011111001010100 111010101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 507 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 50 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 399 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 97 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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