Analysis of Bullfinch
Frost drives the red breasted bullfinches,
Common birds about six inches
Out of the snow covered forest
Far away from its summer nest
To the birdfeeders near the city
Where someone cares, feels pity
And spreads out some sunflower seeds
For the hungry bullfinch who them needs
| Scheme | AABCDDAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101101 10101110 11011010 10111101 101101010 111110 0111101 10101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 268 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 227 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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