Analysis of On A Clean Book
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
TO F. N.
Like sea-washed sand upon the shore,
So fine and clean the tale,
So clear and bright I almost see,
The flashing of a sail.
The tang of salt is in its veins,
The freshness of the spray
God give you love and lore and strength,
To give us such alway.
| Scheme | X XAXA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 11110101 110101 1101111 010101 01111011 010101 11110101 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 256 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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