This is an analysis of The Canary In His Cage by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.
SING away, ay, sing away,
Merry little bird,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaXbcc abaXbdd efeefgg hihhijj jcjjcjj hfhhfbX
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 1011101 10101 1110001 1011100 11111 1110101 1000101 1010111 11101 1110111 10110100 11111 10101010 10101010 1010111 10101 1011111 1000101 10101 1011101 1110111 1011101 11101 1011101 1110001 11101 1000101 1010101 1110110 01101 1010101 1110001 10111 1001101 0010101 1111101 11111 1111101 1011101 01100 1001101 1000101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 42
