Analysis of Winter's Approach
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
DE sun hit shine an' de win' hit blow,
Ol' Brer Rabbit be a-layin' low,
He know dat de wintah time a-comin',
De huntah man he walk an' wait,
He walk right by Brer Rabbit's gate —
He know —
De dog he lick his sliverin' chop,
An' he tongue 'gin' his mouf go flop, flop—
He —
He rub his nose fu' to clah his scent
So's to tell w'ich way dat cotton-tail went,
He —
De huntah's wife she set an' spin
A good wahm coat fu' to wrop him in
She —
She look at de skillet an' she smile, oh my!
An' ol' Brer Rabbit got to sholy fly.
Scheme | aabccaddEffEbbegg |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111111 11101011 11111101 1111111 1111111 11 1111111 111111111 1 111111111 1111001111011 1 1111111 011111110 1 11111011111 111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 528 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 368 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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