Analysis of The Master-Player
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
AN old worn harp that had been played
Till all its strings were loose and frayed,
Joy, Hate and Fear, each one essayed,
To play. But each in turn had found
No sweet responsiveness of sound
Then Love the Master-Player came
With heaving breast and eyes aflame;
The harp he took all undismayed,
Smote on its strings, still strange to song,
And brought forth music sweet and strong.
Scheme | AAABBCCADD |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111111 11110101 1101111 11110111 11010011 11010101 11010101 011111 11111111 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 377 |
Words | 70 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 300 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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