Analysis of Old
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
I have seen peoples come and go
Alike the Ocean'd ebb and flow;
I have seen kingdoms rise and fall
Like springtime shadows on a wall.
I have seen houses rendered great
That grew from life's debased estate,
And all, all, all is change I see,
So, dearest God, take me, take me.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101 0101101 11110101 111101 11110101 11110101 01111111 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 283 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 211 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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