This is an analysis of The Crows At Washington by John Hay.
Slow flapping to the setting sun
By twos and threes, in wavering rows.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXA ccababA dedfefa cbacaXcaXbfbfccddbba
- Stanza lengths: 4,7,7,20,
- Metre: 11000101 111101001 11111101 01110100 10010111 01011101 01010111 101101011 10110001 01010101 01110100 10010011 010100101 01011101 10110110 01010101 110100001 11010100 01110101 01011111 10010111 11111101 01010101 110001001 11010101 11010100 11110101 11010101 100101001 01111101 11111111 101110101 11111101 10100101 01010101 10010101 01010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 37