This is an analysis of the poem Little Birds that begins with:

Little Birds are dining
Warily and well,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXb addccd abbXXb accccc aeeffe aggaaX addaad ahhiih acXhhcXafffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 10011 10101 111110 100110 10101 101110 10001 10101 111010 101010 10111 101110 10001 10001 11111 10100 10101 101110 10101 10101 111110 111110 10101 101110 10001 00111 111110 101110 10001 101110 11101 10101 100111010 111010 1111100 101110 10101 10101 111110 101110 11111 101110 10001 101001 111010 100010 10101 101110 10101 11101 111110 111110 101001 101110 10111 10101 111110 101110 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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