This is an analysis of Forever by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

I HAD not known before
Forever was so long a word.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcccXcXcabXb
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 111101 01011101 01100101 1111 110111 01111101 11111111 1111 010111 1001101 11111001 1111 111101 11011101 11101000 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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