Analysis of The Grackle
Ogden Nash 1902 (Rye, New York) – 1971 (Baltimore)
The grackle's voice is less than mellow,
His heart is black, his eye is yellow,
He bullies more attractive birds
With hoodlum deeds and vulgar words,
And should a human interfere,
Attacks that human in the rear.
I cannot help but deem the grackle
An ornithological debacle.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111110 111111110 11010101 11010101 0101001 01110001 110111010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 266 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 219 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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