This is an analysis of The Turning Of The Babies In The Bed by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Woman's sho' a cur'ous critter, an' dey ain't no doubtin' dat.
She's a mess o' funny capahs f'om huh slippahs to huh hat.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabX cXcc XXdd bbXX XaXc bbXd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 101010101111101 101110101110011 111010011111111 1101110101000101 1110010011110101 111110001111110 111110101110101 11111011110111 0010111111110011 111011101110101 11111111111111 111110100010001 1110101101010111 111011111011001 101011101010111 11111011011111110 111011101110110 1111101010111001 111011101111100 111011101010101 111111101011101 111111101010111 111011101111001 1001010100010001
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
to, huh, an', i, de, she, 'em
