This is an analysis of Evening by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
The moon begins her stately ride
Across the summer sky;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb XXaX acXc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010101 010101 010100101 010101 01110101 0101010 01000111 01000010 110101011 010101 11010101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Anaphora
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