Analysis of Comparison
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
THE sky of brightest gray seems dark
To one whose sky was ever white.
To one who never knew a spark,
Thro' all his life, of love or light,
The grayest cloud seems over-bright.
The robin sounds a beggar's note
Where one the nightingale has heard,
But he for whom no silver throat
Its liquid music ever stirred,
Deems robin still the sweetest bird.
| Scheme | ABABBCDCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 01110111 11111101 11110101 11111111 01011101 0101011 11010011 11111101 11010101 11010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 345 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 272 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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