Analysis of A Little Bird I Am
Louisa May Alcott 1832 – 1888
'A little bird I am,
Shut from the fields of air,
And in my cage I sit and sing
To Him who placed me there:
Well pleased a prisoner to be,
Because, my God, it pleases Thee!
'Naught have I else to do;
I sing the whole day long;
And He whom most I love to please
Doth listen to my song,
He caught and bound my wandering wing,
But still He bends to hear me sing.'
| Scheme | XABACC XDXDBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010111 110111 00111101 111111 11010011 01111101 111111 110111 01111111 110111 110111001 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 357 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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