This is an analysis of Sonnet On An Old Book With Uncut Leaves by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Emblem of blasted hope and lost desire,
No finger ever traced thy yellow page…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbX cdcdee
- Stanza lengths: 8,6,
- Metre: 10010111010 1101011101 1111110101 01111111010 111101010010 1101110001 1011010001 1101010001 11001010111 1101010111 1111110101 1101110111 1011110100 1001000100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
