Analysis of The Smoker Parrot
John Shaw Neilson 1872 (Penola, South Australia) – 1942 (Melbourne, Victoria)
He has the full moon on his breast,
The moonbeams are about hs wing;
He has the colours of a king.
I see him floating unto rest
When all eyes wearily go west,
And the warm winds are quieting.
The moonbeams are about his wing:
He has the full moon on his breast.
| Scheme | AbbaabbA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 0110111 1101101 11110101 11110011 00111100 0110111 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 270 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 202 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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