This is an analysis of Bird Nesting by Ellis Parker Butler.

O wonderful! In sport we climbed the tree,
Eager and laughing, as in all our play,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaX bccb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1100011101 1011010111 0101100111 1101010100 1111011101 1101001111 1101000101 1100011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

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