Analysis of Differences
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
My neighbor lives on the hill,
And I in the valley dwell,
My neighbor must look down on me,
Must I look up?--ah, well,
My neighbor lives on the hill,
And I in the valley dwell.
My neighbor reads, and prays,
And I--I laugh, God wot,
And sing like a bird when the grass is green
In my small garden plot;
But ah, he reads and prays,
And I--I laugh, God wot.
His face is a book of woe,
And mine is a song of glee;
A slave he is to the great 'They say,'
But I--I am bold and free;
No wonder he smacks of woe,
And I have the tang of glee.
My neighbor thinks me a fool,
'The same to yourself,' say I;
'Why take your books and take your prayers,
Give me the open sky;'
My neighbor thinks me a fool,
'The same to yourself,' say I.
Scheme | ABcbAB dExedE fcxcfc GHxhGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101 0100101 11011111 111111 1101101 0100101 110101 011111 0110110111 011101 111101 011111 1110111 0110111 011110111 1111101 1101111 0110111 1101101 0110111 11110111 110101 1101101 0110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 706 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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