This is an analysis of the poem A Minor Bird that begins with:

I have wished a bird would fly away,
And not sing by my house all day;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb aa cc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011101 11111111 111111001 1011011111 011101001 011101101 101110101 010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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