This is an analysis of Ballad by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
I KNOW my love is true,
And oh the day is fair.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aBaabbaBCDccddCDEFeeffEF
- Stanza lengths: 24,
- Metre: 111101 110101 010111 0101101 011101 111111 111101 110101 110111 110101 110101 110111 111101 1100111 110111 110101 111101 111101 010101 010111 111101 111101 111101 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 24
Anaphora
the, she
