Analysis of Night
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
SILENCE, and whirling worlds afar
Through all encircling skies.
What floods come o'er the spirit's bar,
What wondrous thoughts arise.
The earth, a mantle falls away,
And, winged, we leave the sod;
Where shines in its eternal sway
The majesty of God.
| Scheme | ABABCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 10010101 1101001 111100101 110101 01010101 011101 11010101 010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 250 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 196 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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