This is an analysis of My Little March Girl by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Come to the pane, draw the curtain apart,
There she is passing, the girl of my heart;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc ddbbaacc eeffggcc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1001101001 1101001011 1111101001 1001011011 100100101 1001101001 1011011011 1111011011 100101001 1001001001 1101101001 1001001001 11010011101 1001011001 1111001011 1001011011 1101011001 1101111101 1011011001 1001011101 1111111111 1111011001 1111111011 11001111011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

what, wind, and

Anaphora

hint, what