Analysis of Morning
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
The mist has left the greening plain,
The dew-drops shine like fairy rain,
The coquette rose awakes again
Her lovely self adorning.
The Wind is hiding in the trees,
A sighing, soothing, laughing tease,
Until the rose says "Kiss me, please,"
'Tis morning, 'tis morning.
With staff in hand and careless-free,
The wanderer fares right jauntily,
For towns and houses are, thinks he,
For scorning, for scorning.
My soul is swift upon the wing,
And in its deeps a song I bring;
Come, Love, and we together sing,
"'Tis morning, 'tis morning."
Scheme | aaxb cccB dddbbbbB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101 01111101 011101 0101010 01110001 01010101 01011111 110110 11010101 010011100 11010111 1111 11110101 00110111 11010101 110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 541 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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