Analysis of The Birds
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
He. Where thou dwellest, in what grove,
Tell me Fair One, tell me Love;
Where thou thy charming nest dost build,
O thou pride of every field!
She. Yonder stands a lonely tree,
There I live and mourn for thee;
Morning drinks my silent tear,
And evening winds my sorrow bear.
He. O thou summer's harmony,
I have liv'd and mourn'd for thee;
Each day I mourn along the wood,
And night hath heard my sorrows loud.
She. Dost thou truly long for me?
And am I thus sweet to thee?
Sorrow now is at an end,
O my Lover and my Friend!
He. Come, on wings of joy we'll fly
To where my bower hangs on high;
Come, and make thy calm retreat
Among green leaves and blossoms sweet.
Scheme | XXXXAABB AAXX AACC DDEE |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 1111011 1111111 11110111 11111001 11010101 1110111 1011101 01011101 11110100 1110111 11110101 01111101 11110111 0111111 1011111 1110011 11111111 11110111 1011101 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 651 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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