Analysis of The Cardinal And His Lady

Karle Wilson Baker 1878 (Little Rock) – 1960



The redbird is the core of fire at the heart of by still living;
And his little lady is the soft ashes covering the half-seen embers."


Scheme AB
Poetic Form
Metre 0110111010111110 0110101011010001110
Characters 141
Words 29
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 53
Words per line (avg) 13
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Karle Wilson Baker

Karle Wilson Baker was an American poet and author, born in Little Rock, Ark. more…

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