Analysis of Preparation
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
THE little bird sits in the nest and sings
A shy, soft song to the morning light;
And it flutters a little and prunes its wings.
The song is halting and poor and brief,
And the fluttering wings scarce stir a leaf;
But the note is a prelude to sweeter things,
And the busy bill and the flutter slight
Are proving the wings for a bolder flight!
| Scheme | ABACCABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101100101 011110101 01100100111 011100101 0010011101 1011011101 0010100101 1100110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 343 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 269 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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