This is an analysis of I Saw A Flight Of Sparrows Through The Air by Lesbia Harford.

I saw a flight of sparrows through the air.
Oh, let us rise…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1111 1001000101 0101 1111110111 11010 0100010101 010010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

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