Analysis of Her Thoughts And His
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
The gray of the sea, and the gray of the sky,
A glimpse of the moon like a half-closed eye.
The gleam on the waves and the light on the land,
A thrill in my heart,--and--my sweetheart's hand.
She turned from the sea with a woman's grace,
And the light fell soft on her upturned face,
And I thought of the flood-tide of infinite bliss
That would flow to my heart from a single kiss.
But my sweetheart was shy, so I dared not ask
For the boon, so bravely I wore the mask.
But into her face there came a flame:--
I wonder could she have been thinking the same?
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01101001101 0110110111 01101001101 010110111 1110110101 001111011 011101111001 11111110101 1111111111 1011101101 101011101 11011111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 554 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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