Analysis of Ornithology For Beginners

Dorothy Parker 1893 (Long Branch) – 1967 (New York City)



The bird that feeds from off my palm
Is sleek, affectionate, and calm,
But double, to me, is worth the thrush
A-flickering in the elder-bush.


Scheme AABC
Poetic Form
Metre 01111111 11010001 110111101 010000101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 146
Words 27
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 13, 2023

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Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. more…

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