Analysis of The Bronze-Wing Pigeon
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
They say I am a shy, wild thing,
That seeks the wild bush glade.
Quick to be gone on whirring wing,
Where stangers would invade;
But well I know what all birds know:
The voice of friend, the tread of foe;
And deem it wise to fear the worst
Till I have knowledge of the first.
Afar my muffled drumming sounds,
Where tangled dogwood grows;
But when you tread my feeding grounds
I am alert for foes.
A flash of iridescent wing,
And I am but a vanished thing.
Gone to be heard and seen no more,
In spite of all your forest lore.
But should you win me in the end
By dint of kindlier lore,
Gladly I take you for a friend,
And to your own house door
I come with confidence complete
To quest my food about your feet.
And, with a gravely gentle air,
Display my shy bronze beauty there.
Scheme | ABABCCDD EFEFAAGG HGHGIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 110111 11111101 11101 11111111 01110111 01111101 11110101 01110101 11011 11111101 110111 0110101 01110101 11110111 01111101 11111001 11111 10111101 011111 11110001 11110111 01010101 01111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 762 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 200 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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