Analysis of The Robin
Jones Very 1813 (Salem) – 1880
Thou need'st not flutter from thy half-built nest,
Whene'er thou hear'st man's hurrying feet go by,
Fearing his eye for harm may on thee rest,
Or he thy young unfinished cottage spy;
All will not heed thee on that swinging bough,
Nor care that round thy shelter spring the leaves,
Nor watch thee on the pool's wet margin now
For clay to plaster straws thy cunning weaves;
All will not hear thy sweet out-pouring joy,
That with morn's stillness blends the voice of song,
For over-anxious cares their souls employ,
That else upon thy music borne along
And the light wings of heart-ascending prayer
Had learned that Heaven is pleased thy simple joys to share.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGG |
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Poetic Form | Shakespearean sonnet (86%) |
Metre | 11111011111 11111100111 1011111111 1111010101 1111111101 1111110101 1111011101 1111011101 1111111101 1111010111 1101011101 1101110101 0011110101 1111011110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 651 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 521 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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