This is an analysis of Hope And Patience by George MacDonald.
An unborn bird lies crumpled and curled,
A-dreaming of the world.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aa bb XccXX
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,5,
- Metre: 111111011 010001 10110101 01001 1 001001010 01110010 10
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 10

