Analysis of The Sparrow




I cry like a wounded sparrow
That spent his tears in spring
Wandering for recompense
Lost in suffering-
That had a taste like iron
Rusty on my tongue
Washed away by the feeble tears
That trickle from the young
Burgundy and brimming-
Boiling within
The sun is a cruel warrior
That magnifies all things
I crave to bed with darkness
To shy from breathless words
To spread my wings, and sing my songs
Like the other birds
I cry like a wounded sparrow
Mimicking the spring
Trying to wash away
My deathless suffering.


Scheme AbcbdefebghijklkAbmb
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11101010 111101 100110 10100 1101110 10111 10110101 110101 100010 1001 011010100 11011 1111110 111101 11110111 10101 11101010 10001 101101 11100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 492
Words 93
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 415
Words per stanza (avg) 93
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Submitted on August 14, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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