Analysis of The Tiny Tawny Fledgling

Alan S Jeeves 1951 (Lancashire)



A tiny tawny torso
With tiny tawny eyes.
In tiny tawny cautious flows
The tiny tawny flies.

A tiny tawny heartbeat
With tiny tawny pace;
A tiny tawny look upon
A tiny tawny face.

Tiny tawny feathers
Of tiny tawny brown.
Tiny tawny eyebrows make
A tiny tawny frown.

A tiny tawny tinted breast
So tiny tawny cute.
A tiny tawny voice to call
A tiny tawny hoot.

Two tiny tawny wing tips
For tiny tawny flight
The tiny tender tawny owl
Takes off into the night.


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 010101 110101 01010101 010101 010101 110101 01010101 010101 101010 110101 101011 010101 01010101 110101 01010111 010101 1101011 110101 01010101 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 437
Words 87
Sentences 8
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 17

About this poem

Taken from a collection of 'Nature' themed poems titled 'Tales From The Wooded Dingle', this 1978 piece uses a strict rhyming scheme and makes use of alliteration.

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Alan S Jeeves

Alan S Jeeves is a Lancashire (England) born, Yorkshire based classical poet. more…

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