This is an analysis of Song Of Summer by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

DIS is gospel weathah sho' —
Hills is sawt o' hazy.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabXbXcXcXdXdbdbdXeXeXfbfbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 32,
  • Metre: 1010101 101110 1010101 100010 1111111 111010 1111101 1011110 1010101 101010 1001101 111010 0010101 100010 10010111 111010 1010101 101111 1111101 101010 1001001 101010 1010101 1001110 1010101 101011 1010101 101011 1111111 101010 1010101 1001011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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Anadiplosis

dreamin'