This is an analysis of Joy Of The Morning by Edwin Markham.

I hear you, little bird,
Shouting a-swing above the broken wall.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaa XccXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 111101 1001010101 1101111101 101100111 1100010101 11101011 110111 1001110101 1101010011 01101001 11111111 110100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12