The Debt (Paul Lawrence Dunbar)

More guilt, than gilt, I'd say. (Hehe, I be clever.) This poem by Paul Lawrence Dunbar describes the feelings of debt that N has since 'one riotous day'.

I wonder what exactly N did that on that one day to cause years and years of anguish. I wonder if the incident was money related, since N uses debt and related words to describe the event.

It's an older poem. I think it was written in the late 1800s. Perhaps due to that, there is a rhyme scheme - AABB. Obvious and dodding. Mimics the guilt N feels.

Favorite line: "Pay it I will to the end—/Until the grave, my friend"