This is an analysis of Misapprehension by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Out of my heart, one day, I wrote a song,
With my heart's blood imbued,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcccXcX
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 1011111101 011101 1001010001 0101 100101 11 1111111111 110100 11 1101011 11010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11

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