Analysis of The Bird and the Arras
Anne Kingsmill Finch 1661 – 1720 (Westminster)
By neer resemblance see that Bird betray'd
Who takes the well wrought Arras for a shade
There hopes to pearch and with a chearfull Tune
O're-passe the scortchings of the sultry Noon.
But soon repuls'd by the obdurate scean
How swift she turns but turns alas in vain
That piece a Grove, this shews an ambient sky
Where immitated Fowl their pinnions ply
Seeming to mount in flight and aiming still more high.
All she outstrip's and with a moments pride
Their understation silent does deride
Till the dash'd Cealing strikes her to the ground
No intercepting shrub to break the fall is found
Recovering breath the window next she gaines
Nor fears a stop from the transparent Panes.
But we degresse and leaue th' imprison'd wretch
Now sinking low now on a loftyer stretch
Flutt'ring in endless cercles of dismay
Till some kind hand directs the certain way
Which through the casement an escape affoards
And leads to ample space the only Heav'n of Birds.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011101 110111101 111101011 1110110101 1101101001 1111110101 11011111001 111111 101101010111 111010101 1110101 101110101 10101110111 01001010111 1101100101 11101110101 110111011 10101101 1111010101 11011011 011101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 936 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 6 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 384 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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