Analysis of Misapprehension
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Out of my heart, one day, I wrote a song,
With my heart's blood imbued,
Instinct with passion, tremulously strong,
With grief subdued;
Breathing a fortitude
Pain-bought.
And one who claimed much love for what I wrought,
Read and considered it,
And spoke:
'Ay, brother,--'t is well writ,
But where's the joke?'
| Scheme | ABABBCDEFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111101 111101 1011010001 1101 10010 11 0111111111 100101 01 1101111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 307 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 235 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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