This is an analysis of 'The Yellow Tailed Thornbill' by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

I'm a fussy little fellow
In my kilt of glowing yellow;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbXb ddeffeXe ffgffgXg aahiihXh
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 00101010 01101010 10101011111 100100111 00111111 00101011101 11 11101111101 10001010 101010010 10101010011 10111010 10011010 10110010101 11 1010111001 10111110 11000010 10101110101 100010010 00111010 10101011101 11 1010110001 01101010 00101010 11101011101 11101110 11101110 01100010101 11 11110110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

my

Epiphora

you