Analysis of Red-winged Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
where might you be tonight?
I've been waiting here with patience
now, yes another night
The colors of this bird, the red
the black, the golden sleight
cause such a strong attraction
I may adjust my flight
and if I land beside this bird
for this and other nights
be my bird of paradise
the two as one alight
Scheme | ABXB XBXB AXXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 1110 111101 11101110 110101 01011101 010101 1101010 110111 01110111 110101 111110 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 316 |
Words | 61 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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