This is an analysis of The Disturber by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Oh, what shall I do? I am wholly upset;
I am sure I 'll be jailed for a lunatic yet.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabB bbccddbb aaeeXXbB ffaaggbb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11111111001 1111101101011 1101001001001 1101011011001 111001101011 1101011101011 101011101101 1101001001 111111101101 111011001111 111101101001 111111101111 111101011001 11111001011 11001111111 11101001001 11101111101 11101001001 11001001001 11001001001 101001011001 11001011010 101101001011 1101001001 111010011011 001011111011 11011111001 111010111001 100111111011 11001011111 110111101101 1111101001011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
i, all, and, my, it
Anaphora
i, and
