This is an analysis of No Birds In Sight by Ivan Bunin.

No birds in sight. The forest withers slowly,
Resigned to utter emptiness and chill.…

Browse poems by Ivan Bunin

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ceceXdebd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11010101010 0101010011 11011101010 0101011101 01010111010 1101011101 01010101010 0101100101 10010101110 1111011101 10010001010 1001001111 11111101110 0111010001 01100101010 1111010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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