This is an analysis of Dirge by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
PLACE this bunch of mignonette
In her cold, dead hand;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabaccbdedebbAcfcfgggbbbbffAhbhbiiXjkjkeeX
- Stanza lengths: 42,
- Metre: 1010100 00111 1010101 10101 1000111 1110101 011 11101010 10101 11111110 10101 1011111 1110101 101 1010101 11101 1011100 11101 0111111 10011101 101 1110101 11111 1010011 11101 1110111 1001111 101 1010101 11111 1010111 10101 1011111 101010101 111 1010101 11101 1110101 101101 1110111 1010101 111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
has
Epiphora
asleep