Analysis of The Eagle
Thomas William Hodgson Crosland 1865 – 1924
They have him in a cage
And little children run
To offer him well-meant bits of bun,
And very common people say, "My word!
Ain't he a 'orrible bird!"
And the smart, "How absurd!
Poor, captive, draggled, downcast lord of the air!"
Steadfast in his despair,
He doth not rage;
But with unconquerable eye
And soul aflame to fly,
Considereth the sun.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111001 010101 110111111 0101010111 11011 001101 110111101 10101 1111 1111 010111 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 398 |
Words | 66 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 5 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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