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
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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Jones Very

Jones Very was an American poet, essayist, clergymen, and mystic associated with the American Transcendentalism movement. more…

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