Analysis of Dreamin' Town

Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906



COME away to dreamin' town,
Mandy Lou, Mandy Lou,
Whaih de skies don' nevah frown,
Mandy Lou;
Whaih de streets is paved with gol',
Whaih de days is nevah col',
An' no sheep strays f'om de fol',
Mandy Lou.
Ain't you tiahed of every day,
Mandy Lou, Mandy Lou,
Tek my han' an' come away,
Mandy Lou,
To the place whaih dreams is King,
Whaih my heart hol's everything,
An' my soul can allus sing,
Mandy Lou.
Come away to dream wid me,
Mandy Lou, Mandy Lou,
Whaih our hands an' hea'ts are free,
Mandy Lou;
Whaih de sands is shinin' white,
Whaih de rivahs glistens bright,
Mandy Lou.
Come away to dreamland town,
Mandy Lou, Mandy Lou,
Whaih de fruit is bendin' down,
Des fu' you.
Smooth your brow of lovin' brown,
An' my love will be its crown;
Come away to dreamin' town,


Scheme ABaBbbbBcBcBdddBeBeBffBaBabaaA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 101111 101101 111111 101 1111111 111111 1111111 101 11111001 101101 1111101 101 1011111 111110 111111 101 1011111 101101 11011111 101 111111 11111 101 101111 101101 111111 111 1111101 1111111 101111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 745
Words 147
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 30
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 567
Words per stanza (avg) 145
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar was a seminal American poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries Dunbar gained national recognition for his 1896 Lyrics of a Lowly Life one poem in the collection being Ode to Ethiopia more…

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