Analysis of My Corn-Cob Pipe
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Men may sing of their Havanas, elevating to the stars
The real or fancied virtues of their foreign-made cigars;
But I worship Nicotina at a different sort of shrine,
And she sits enthroned in glory in this corn-cob pipe of mine.
It 's as fragrant as the meadows when the clover is in bloom;
It 's as dainty as the essence of the daintiest perfume;
It 's as sweet as are the orchards when the fruit is hanging ripe,
With the sun's warm kiss upon them--is this corn-cob pipe.
Thro' the smoke about it clinging, I delight its form to trace,
Like an oriental beauty with a veil upon her face;
And my room is dim with vapour as a church when censers sway,
As I clasp it to my bosom--in a figurative way.
It consoles me in misfortune and it cheers me in distress,
And it proves a warm partaker of my pleasures in success;
So I hail it as a symbol, friendship's true and worthy type,
And I press my lips devoutly to my corn-cob pipe.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGDD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111111100101 01110101110101 1110110100111 01110100111111 111101011010101 11110101010101 1111110101011101 1011101111111 101011101011111 11010101010101 0111111101111 111111100010001 101100100111001 0110111110001 11111010110101 0111101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 919 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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