This is an analysis of The Taming Of The Falcon by Emma Lazarus.

The bird sits spelled upon the lithe brown wrist
Of yonder turbaned fowler, who had lamed…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbacddcbebXbe
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111010111 010100101110 1101101101 0001011111 01011101101 11010000111 0101010101 1111010101 0101010001 0101100101 11011001111 0101010100 11001101001 0101010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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