This is an analysis of Johnny Speaks by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
THE sand-man he's a jolly old fellow,
His face is kind and his voice is mellow,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcddXXc
- Stanza lengths: 10,
- Metre: 0111010110 0101101010 11111111011 111101101 11111011 1101001001 01101011001 11001011011 00101011011 11111011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 10