Analysis of Old bird

Old bird 1964 (Cincinnati)



All the birds had flown and the old bird was left alone
The memories of the past was all that remained
Way too old to make the trip this one last time
His fate was all but certain but he didn’t mind
As the days got shorter and the nights colder
The memories of the past was all that remained
He wondered did his life even matter
Would anyone even shed a tear
He started to sing softly and then louder
If this was his final song, let it be heard
The last tune of a old dying bird and yet
There was no one to hear or even to see it
He sung and sung until his voice got weaker
His eyes grew dimmer and with his last quiver
The memories of the past was all that remained


Scheme aBcdeBefeghieeB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1011100111101 010010111101 11111011111 11111101111 10111000110 010010111101 1101111010 11010101 11011100110 11111011111 01110110101 111111110111 11010111110 11110011110 010010111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 672
Words 142
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 526
Words per stanza (avg) 139

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One last song

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Written on March 24, 2024

Submitted by Djacksonlookout on March 24, 2024

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