Analysis of A Bird's Nest
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
An old man, who had charge of field,
With pride he saw two birds did build
A broad, capacious, warm nest ;
Soon full of young with speckled breast.
And when the old man there did pass,
They soon ran merry 'mong the grass ;
But of the youth they were so shy,
They made strong efforts for to fly.
Youths tried with old man to prevail,
To let them blaze away at quail;
But, though they longed for a fat pot,
At them they never got a shot.
No more the old man doth them shield,
For they have flown to broader field ;
Long may they spread their wings and tail,
And may no foe them 'ere assail.
Scheme | AXBB CCDD EEFF AAEE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11111111 11111111 0101011 11111101 01011111 11110101 11011011 11110111 11111101 11110111 11111011 11110101 11011111 11111101 11111101 01111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 583 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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