Analysis of O Singer in Brown
Dame Mary Gilmore 1865 (Crookwell, New South Wales) – 1962 (Sydney, New South Wales)
O, singer in brown!
O, bird o' th' morn!
O, heart of delight
In th' deep o' th' thorn!
Glad is thy song
Thou joy o' th' morn,
Thou palpitant throat
In the heart o' th' thorn!
Thy song of the nest,
O, sweet o' th' morn!
A nest and an egg
In the thick o' th' thorn.
Scheme | XAXA XAXA XAXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11001 111111 11101 01111111 1111 111111 111 0011111 11101 111111 01011 0011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 260 |
Words | 60 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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