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?…
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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