This is an analysis of The News by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Whut dat you whisperin' keepin' f'om me?
Don't shut me out 'cause I 's ol' an' can't see.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb aabb bbcc XXbb ddXX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1111001011 11110111111 10111101011 10100011101 1101011001 1001011111 0111011101 1111101001 1111011101 11011110011 1101001001 11111100111 1011011001 1111111111 1111011111 11111111001 11111011111 11111111001 100110111011 01110111001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
he, mastah, i, 's
