Analysis of The Change Has Come
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
THE change has come, and Helen sleeps—
Not sleeps; but wakes to greater deeps
Of wisdom, glory, truth, and light,
Than ever blessed her seeking sight,
In this low, long, lethargic night,
Worn out with strife
Which men call life.
The change has come, and who would say
'I would it were not come to-day'?
What were the respite till to-morrow?
Postponement of a certain sorrow,
From which each passing day would borrow!
Let grief be dumb,
The change has come.
| Scheme | AABBBCCDDEEEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110101 11111101 11010101 11010101 01110101 1111 1111 01110111 11101111 100101110 010101010 11110111 1111 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 453 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 353 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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