Analysis of blackbird
Little Black bird way up high
How is it you never sigh ?
Tell me something can you fly ?
I'm a birdman why can't I? ?
Little Black bird flying high
How is it you never cry
Tell me something can you die?
This is no life why can't I?
Little Black bird dying slow
How is it you always know
How to answer why oh why
I'm no liar why can't I?
Little Black bird gently sleep
how is it you didn't weep
Let me take your wings and fly
tell me blackbird, why can't I ?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111 1111101 1110111 1010111 1011101 1111101 1110111 1111111 1011101 111111 1110111 1110111 1011101 1111101 1111101 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 452 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 343 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 25, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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