Analysis of The Photograph
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
See dis pictyah in my han'?
Dat's my gal;
Ain't she purty? goodness lan'!
Huh name Sal.
Dat's de very way she be--
Kin' o' tickles me to see
Huh a-smilin' back at me.
She sont me dis photygraph
Jes' las' week;
An' aldough hit made me laugh--
My black cheek
Felt somethin' a-runnin' queer;
Bless yo' soul, it was a tear
Jes' f'om wishin' she was here.
Often when I 's all alone
Layin' here,
I git t'inkin' 'bout my own
Sallie dear;
How she say dat I 's huh beau,
An' hit tickles me to know
Dat de gal do love me so.
Some bright day I 's goin' back,
Fo' de la!
An' ez sho' 's my face is black,
Ax huh pa
Fu' de blessed little miss
Who 's a-smilin' out o dis
Pictyah, lak she wan'ed a kiss!
Scheme | XAXABBB CDCDEXF GFGEHHH IJIJKKK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011 111 111101 111 1110111 1110111 101111 11111 111 111111 111 11011 1111101 111111 10111101 11 111111 101 11111111 1110111 1111111 1111111 111 11111111 111 111101 1101111 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 668 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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