This is an analysis of The Rising Of The Storm by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

THE lake's dark breast
Is all unrest,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddebbeXeeaXeaafbbfddgggghhghhgeeciiceefddfaabbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 54,
  • Metre: 0111 0101 01001101 101001 00101 01001001 00101 0101 1110111 101001 00101 10011111 10110 10111 11001101 10101 0111 1011101 11001 101001 110111 10111 10101 1110111 10111 00111 1110111 10101 0101 1100101 1101 10111 1100101 10111 011 1010111 0111 0111 110101 0101 0101 110101 1101 1101 011101 1111 1101 010001 10101 10111 11101001 11101 01101 1011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 54

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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