This is an analysis of On The Dedication Of Dorothy Hall by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
TUSKEGEE, ALA., APRIL 22, 1901.
Not to the midnight of the gloomy past,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd bdbd eeee fgfg eheh
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 011101011 1001100101 1101011101 0100110101 1101110001 1101000100 0100110101 0110110101 1111010101 11000011110 1111010101 11010101010 1100010101 0100011001 1100011101 1101011101 0101010101 1101010101 1100010001 1100010101 1001000101 1101011101 1100010011 1101010111 01010001001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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