Analysis of Twell De Night Is Pas'
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
ALL de night long twell de moon goes down,
Lovin' I set at huh feet,
Den fu' de long jou'ney back f'om de town,
Ha'd, but de dreams mek it sweet.
All de night long twell de break of de day,
Dreamin' agin in my sleep,
Mandy comes drivin' my sorrers away,
Axin' me, 'Wha' fu' you weep?'
All de day long twell de sun goes down,
Smilin', I ben' to my hoe,
Fu' dough de weddah git nasty an' frown,
One place I know I kin go.
All my life long twell de night has pas'
Let de wo'k come ez it will,
So dat I fin' you, my honey, at las',
Somewhaih des ovah de hill.
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Metre | 111111111 1011111 111111111 1111111 1111111111 101011 10111101 111111 111111111 111111 111111011 1111111 111111111 11111111 1111111011 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 555 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 398 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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