This is an analysis of The Paradox by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
I am the mother of sorrows,
I am the ender of grief;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdXd Xece afaf ecdc ebeb dgeg Xaea
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010010 1101001 11011010 1101101 11111110 1111111 11010010 1111111 11111010 1111011 10111011 1011101 10111110 1010101 11010010 1001001 10110111 1111011 11110010 1111001 10011011 1001001 11111111 1111011 11111110 1101001 11110111 1101001 10110110 1111011 11111111 1101101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
i, thy, my, as, me
Anaphora
i, come