The Debt
Read 'The Debt' by 'Paul Laurence Dunbar' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.
This is the debt I pay
Just for one riotous day,
Years of regret and grief,
Sorrow without relief.
Pay it I will to the end—
Until the grave, my friend,
Gives me a true release—
Gives me the clasp of peace.
Slight was the thing I bought,
Small was the debt I thought,
Poor was the loan at best—
God! but the interest![Pg 214]
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