This is an analysis of A Musical by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
OUTSIDE the rain upon the street,
The sky all grim of hue,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXXXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 11010101 011101 01010101 111111 10010001 101101 11010101 010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8