This is an analysis of The Murdered Lover by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Say a mass for my soul's repose, my brother,
Say a mass for my soul's repose, I need it,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Abab cdcd efef agag hehe aiai aeaeXAbab
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 10111101110 10111101110 10011010110 11011111110 10011011111 1101101001 11111010011 1111001101 11011011110 11111010110 10011011010 10101010110 11111110110 1111011001 10110110110 1111111011 110111000111 1001001001 11011110011 1101111011 11111011010 1111011001 111111110110 11111011111 1111110101010 1011001001 11111110010 1101101001 10111101110 101111110 10110110110 11011111110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
my, me, i, you, it
Anaphora
say