This is an analysis of What's The Use by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

WHAT'S the use o' folks a-frownin'
When the way's a little rough?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaBXcXcBXdXdB
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 10111010 1010101 11101110 1010101 101 10111010 0110111 10101110 1111101 101 10111010 1111111 11101010 1010101 101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Anaphora

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