Analysis of Confessional
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
Search thou my heart;
If there be guile,
It shall depart
Before thy smile.
Search thou my soul;
Be there deceit,
'T will vanish whole
Before thee, sweet.
Upon my mind
Turn thy pure lens;
Naught shalt thou find
Thou canst not cleanse.
If I should pray,
I scarcely know
In just what way
My prayers would go.
So strong in me
I feel love's leaven,
I 'd bow to thee
As soon as Heaven!
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111 1111 1101 0111 1111 1101 11101 0111 0111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1101 0111 1111 1101 11110 11111 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 368 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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