This is an analysis of The Falcon by Elinor Morton Wylie.
Why should my sleepy heart be taught
To whistle mocking-bird replies?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc adad
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110101 01010101 00010111 11000101 0101010 11111111 01110101 01010101 10010101 101010101 11010111 11010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
her, and
Anaphora
her, and
