This is an analysis of Lover's Lane by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Summah night an' sighin' breeze,
'Long de lovah's lane;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aBaBXXXB cBcbbbbB dBdBeeXB fBfBdddB aBabgggb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1011101 10101 1010101 10101 1111111 1110101 1011101 10101 1010101 10101 1011111 11101 1111101 1110101 1110101 10101 1011111 10101 1011111 10101 1110111 1110111 1011101 10101 1111101 10101 1110101 10101 1011111 1110101 1110101 10101 1110101 10101 1010001 110101 1111111 1011101 01111111 10101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
de, i
