This is an analysis of Faith by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
I'S a-gittin' weary of de way dat people do,
De folks dat's got dey 'ligion in dey fiahplace an' flue;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbXXaXccddXXXXeebbXX
- Stanza lengths: 24,
- Metre: 1010100011101 0111110011011 1101010101101 1111100010101001 101100111010101 111011101111101 10111011010110 0110101110101 11100101110111 11100111010101 111101111111 1010101111101 1010101010101 10101111101 1110101010110 0110101110101 1110111110101 1010101010111 01011101010111 011001011100001 11110101110111 10010101111101 11010101110010 0110101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
de, an', ez, in, to
Anaphora
i, de