This is an analysis of Expectation by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
You 'll be wonderin' whut 's de reason
I 's a grinnin' all de time,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdXd aeaeabfX afafXgXg Xfbfeehe XgXgcghg
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11010011010 11010101 11111110 1010101 11111010 1010101 11111110 1110101 101001110 1111101 11101010 1110101 11101010 1110101 11111101 1110101 11101110 1010111 110111010 1110101 11101110 1110101 10111010 10101101 111010100 1110101 11111010 1110111 111101010 1111101 11101011 1110111 111001110 1011101 11101000 1011111 111111010 1111111 11011101 1010101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
i, i's, de, you