This is an analysis of On The Death Of W. C. by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Thou arrant robber, Death!
Couldst thou not find…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcabc ccdcee bdbd fefffff
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,4,7,
- Metre: 110101 1111 110111 0101 1101 1100 011101 1111 0111110 101 01110101 11110101 11010101 110111 01010101 011101 11110101 01010101 11011101 01110100 111111110 1010101010 110101010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 23
Repeated words/phrases
his
Anaphora
not
