Analysis of Night Of Love
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
THE moon has left the sky, love,
The stars are hiding now,
And frowning on the world, love,
Night bares her sable brow.
The snow is on the ground, love,
And cold and keen the air is.
I'm singing here to you, love;
You're dreaming there in Paris.
But this is Nature's law, love,
Though just it may not seem,
That men should wake to sing, love;
While maidens sleep and dream.
Them care may not molest, love,
Nor stir them from their slumbers,
Though midnight find the swain, love.
Still halting o'er his numbers.
I watch the rosy dawn, love,
Come stealing up the east,
While all things round rejoice, love,
That Night her reign has ceased.
The lark will soon be heard, love,
And on his way be winging;
When Nature's poets wake, love,
Why should a man be singing?
Scheme | ABABACADAEAEACAFAGAGAHAH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111011 011101 0101011 110101 0111011 0101011 1101111 1101010 1111011 111111 1111111 110101 1111011 111111 111011 11010110 1101011 110101 1111011 110111 0111111 0111110 1101011 1101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 746 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 578 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 142 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 23, 2023
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