Analysis of Diplomacy
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
TELL your love where the roses blow,
And the hearts of the lilies quiver,
Not in the city's gleam and glow,
But down by a half-sunned river.
Not in the crowded ball-room's glare,
That would be fatal, Marie, Marie,
How can she answer you then and there?
So come then and stroll with me, my dear,
Down where the birds call, Marie, Marie.
Scheme | ABABCDCED |
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Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
Metre | 11110101 001101010 10010101 11101110 10010111 111100101 111101101 111011111 110110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 335 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 255 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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