Analysis of The Falcon

Elinor Morton Wylie 1885 (Somerville, New Jersey) – 1928 (New York City, New York)



Why should my sleepy heart be taught
To whistle mocking-bird replies?
This is another bird you've caught,
Soft-feathered, with a falcon's eyes.

The bird Imagination,
That flies so far, that dies so soon;
Her wings are coloured like the sun,
Her breast is coloured like the moon.

Weave her a chain of silver twist,
And a little hood of scarlet wool,
And let her perch upon your wrist,
And tell her she is beautiful.


Scheme XAXA BCBC DXDX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 11110111 11010101 11010111 1101011 010010 11111111 01110101 01110101 10011101 001011101 01010111 01011100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 420
Words 76
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Elinor Morton Wylie

Elinor Morton Wylie was an American poet and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s. "She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality as for her melodious, sensuous poetry." more…

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