This is an analysis of Bird by Emily Dickinson.

A bird came down the walk:
He did not know I saw;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX XbXb acXc bdad eded
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 011101 101111 11110101 110101 111101 000101 10111001 010101 110101 110101 11110111 110101 1101010 110101 11100010 111101 1101010 110101 11011101 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

he, and