Analysis of Theology
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
There is a heaven, for ever, day by day,
The upward longing of my soul doth tell me so.
There is a hell, I'm quite as sure; for pray
If there were not, where would my neighbours go?
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010110111 010101111111 1101111111 110111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 189 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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