Analysis of The Reunion
Well, one morning real early
I was going down the street,
And I heard a stranger asking
For Missis Chloe Fleet.
There was something in his voice
That made me feel quite shaky.
And when I looked right in his face,
Who should it be but Jakey!
I grasped him tight, and took him home -
What gladness filled my cup!
And I laughed, and just rolled over,
And laughed, and just give up.
'Where have you been? O Jakey, dear!
Why didn't you come before?
Oh! when you children went away
My heart was awful sore.'
'Why, mammy, I've been on your hunt
Since ever I've been free,
And I have heard from brother Ben, -
He's down in Tennessee.
'He wrote me that he had a wife,'
'And children?' 'Yes, he's three.'
'You married, too?' 'Oh, no, indeed,
I thought I'd first get free.'
'Then, Jakey, you will stay with me,
And comfort my poor heart;
Old Mistus got no power now
To tear us both apart.
'I'm richer now than Mistus,
Because I have got my son;
And Mister Thomas he is dead,
And she's nary one.
'You must write to brother Benny
That he must come this fall,
And we'll make the cabin bigger,
And that will hold us all.
'Tell him I want to see 'em all
Before my life do cease:
And then, like good old Simeon,
I hope to die in peace.'
Scheme | ABCB DAXC XEFE XGXG XAXA XAXA AHXH DIXI AJFJ JKIK |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1110110 1110101 01101010 11101 1110011 1111110 01111011 111111 11110111 11111 01101110 010111 1111111 1101101 11110101 111101 1111111 110111 01111101 11001 11111101 010111 11011101 111111 1111111 010111 1111101 111101 110111 0111111 01010111 01101 11111010 111111 01101010 011111 11111111 011111 01111100 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,188 |
Words | 248 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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