Analysis of The Dove
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Out of the sunshine and out of the heat,
Out of the dust of the grimy street,
A song fluttered down in the form of a dove,
And it bore me a message, the one word--Love!
Ah, I was toiling, and oh, I was sad:
I had forgotten the way to be glad.
Now, smiles for my sadness and for my toil, rest
Since the dove fluttered down to its home in my breast!
| Scheme | AABB CCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110101101 110110101 01101001101 01110100111 1111001111 1101001111 11111001111 101101111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 348 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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