This is an analysis of Soliloquy Of A Turkey by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Dey 's a so't o' threatenin' feelin' in de blowin' of de breeze,
An' I 's feelin' kin' o' squeamish in de night;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX deXeXfXf bXbXedede eXXXXfefe
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,9,9,
- Metre: 11011100100010001 111101110001 1101010101010111 10100110111 1111010100010101 11111110101 101011101110111 01011010110 101011101011111 11111010101 111010101010111 11101111101 1010111011110111 111101011111 1110000101101100 101110110001 1101010101101101 111111010101 101111101110111 111110010101 1101111101101111 1 110101101101 1110101011110101 10111010001 111010101010101 110111110010 1010101101101010 11100010111 111011101111111 10100010101 1111111001111101 10111010111
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 33
Repeated words/phrases
de, dey, 's, o', an', to, me, i, my, on, 't
Anaphora
an', fu'
