This is an analysis of In The Tents Of Akbar by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
In the tents of Akbar
Are dole and grief to-day,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Abcb Adad ecXc fbXb fghg fihi XXXe fcfc djkj XkXk aefe Xeae Xjej acXcXAhah
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 001011 111101 101001010 110101 001011 110011 1101010 010001 0101010 010101 1111010 110101 1101010 0010001 1101010 111101 1101110 110111 0101110 010101 0101110 010101 010010010 1101001 1101010 0101101 1101010 010101 1111010 1010111 1101010 0001001 1111111 010001 11110111 110111 1101100 010011 1111110 100101 1101010 100111 1111010 010101 1111010 111101 1101010 100101 1111110 111111 0101110 010101 1111111 110101 1001110 100101 001011 010101 10101010 110001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
her, and, so, of
Anaphora
across, and
