Analysis of The Stirrup Cup
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Come, drink a stirrup cup with me,
Before we close our rouse.
You 're all aglow with wine, I know:
The master of the house,
Unmindful of our revelry,
Has drowned the carking devil care,
And slumbers in his chair.
Come, drink a cup before we start;
We 've far to ride to-night.
And Death may take the race we make,
And check our gallant flight:
But even he must play his part,
And tho' the look he wears be grim,
We 'll drink a toast to him!
For Death,--a swift old chap is he,
And swift the steed He rides.
He needs no chart o'er main or mart,
For no direction bides.
So, come, a final, cup with me,
And let the soldiers' chorus swell,--
To hell with care, to hell!
Scheme | ABXBACC DEXEDFF AXDBAGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 0111101 111011111 010101 1110100 1101101 01011 11010111 1111111 01110111 0110101 11011111 01011111 1110111 11011111 010111 111110111 110101 11010111 01010101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 653 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 11, 2023
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