This is an analysis of To Louise by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
OH, the poets may sing of their Lady Irenes,
And may rave in their rhymes about wonderful queens;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaaXbaaccddeeaaffbbccccgghhhhaa
- Stanza lengths: 32,
- Metre: 1010110110100 111011011001 11111001001 11001011001 01101101011 11011011001 11000111011 11011011101 11001001011 11011111001 111111010110 010010011010 111011011011 111101011001 11011001011 101101011101 11111001011 11101111001 11110111101 10001011101 111011011001 111101001001 101011001011 001001001011 11111111101 11011101101 01011001111 11001000011 111111111001 111101111011 111101011011 11101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
of, to, your
Anaphora
that