Analysis of I saw a flight of sparrows through the air
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
I saw a flight of sparrows through the air.
Oh, let us rise
Out of the weaknesses of our despair
To burning skies.
Let us take wings for flight from home and friends
And sweet desire.
From comfortable earth the soul ascends
To heavens of fire.
| Scheme | ABABCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 1101110101 1111 11010011001 1101 1111111101 01010 1100010101 110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 193 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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