Analysis of Dawn
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
AN angel, robed in spotless white,
Bent down and kissed the sleeping Night.
Night woke to blush; the sprite was gone.
Men saw the blush and called it Dawn.
Scheme | AABB |
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Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain Tanaga |
Metre | 11010101 11010101 11110111 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 160 |
Words | 31 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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