This is an analysis of Encouragement by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
WHO dat knockin' at de do'?
Why, Ike Johnson, -- yes, fu' sho!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaXabbccX aaddXeXXX bbccXXffX XbXbbXXccX ffeeggbXX hhddbbccX
- Stanza lengths: 10,9,9,10,9,9,
- Metre: 1110101 1110111 1011101 111111 1 1110101 1110111 1111111 1111111 1111110 11110101 1010111 1110011 1011101 1111111 1111111 1111101 1111111 1111110 1111101 1011111 1111111 1100111 1011101 1110101 1010111 1111111 1111110 1111110 1011101 111110 1 1110101 1111101 111001 1111101 1110101 1111110 1110001 1011111 101001 1111101 1111101 1011111 1110111 1111101 1111110 1111111 1111101 1011111 1110111 1110111 1110101 1010111 1111101 1111110
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
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