This is an analysis of To A Captive Owl by Henry Timrod.
I should be dumb before thee, feathered sage!
And gaze upon thy phiz with solemn awe,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc Xded efXf ghgh iXiX bjbjXheee
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1101011101 1101110101 1101010101 010100111 1111110101 1100110111 1011010101 1101010011 01010001110 1111010101 1011011101 1011110111 10111011111 01110101010 10010010001 01010101010 1101011111 01110011101 1101010011 0011110111 1101110101 1111011101 1111111101 1111010101 110011011 11101111101 1101010101 1111111001 11110001101 1111011101 1011001101 1011010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
thy, what, of
