Analysis of Parted
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
SHE wrapped her soul in a lace of lies,
With a prime deceit to pin it;
And I thought I was gaining a fearsome prize,
So I staked my soul to win it.
We wed and parted on her complaint,
And both were a bit of barter,
Tho' I'll confess that I'm no saint,
I'll swear that she's no martyr.
| Scheme | ABABCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 110100111 10101111 01111100101 11111111 110101001 01001110 11011111 1111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 285 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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