This is an analysis of A Song (#3) by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

MY heart to thy heart,
My hand to thine;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabbXcXcaa
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 11011 1101 11011 1011 1101001111 1111111001 10010 1101 11011 1001 1101101001 101100101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

my, to

Anaphora

my