Analysis of Three little birds in a row
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
Three little birds in a row
Sat musing.
A man passed near that place.
Then did the little birds nudge each other.
They said, "He thinks he can sing."
They threw back their heads to laugh.
With quaint countenances
They regarded him.
They were very curious,
Those three little birds in a row.
| Scheme | ABXX BXXXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 1101001 110 011111 1101011110 1111111 1111111 111000 10101 1010100 11101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 298 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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