This is an analysis of After Many Days by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

I'VE always been a faithful man
An' tried to live for duty,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcccddddcdedbfef
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 11100101 1101110 1010101 1111010 010001001 1101010 11010101 0101110 11011111 1110010 11010111 0111110 11110101 11010010 01110101 10111110 10111111 1101010 01010111 0110110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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Anadiplosis

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