Analysis of Night, Dim Night
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Night, dim night, and it rains, my love, it rains,
(Art thou dreaming of me, I wonder)
The trees are sad, and the wind complains,
Outside the rolling of the thunder,
And the beat against the panes.
Heart, my heart, thou art mournful in the rain,
(Are thy redolent lips a-quiver?)
My soul seeks thine, doth it seek in vain?
My love goes surging like a river,
Shall its tide bear naught save pain?
Scheme | ABABA CBCBC |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
Metre | 1110111111 111011110 011100101 110101010 0010101 1111110001 111001010 111111101 111101010 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 394 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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