This is an analysis of Bird Songs by Martha Lavinia Hoffman.

The birds are happy, singing all day through
Their little psalms of praise,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaaab cdcccd efeeXf egeeeg hdhhhd XXbbbe
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 0111010111 110101 1101010111 0101010101 0111101101 1101 11011111 0111 11010100101 1101010001 1111011101 10111 110101101 0111 1001011101 1011011101 100110011110 110101 1001110101 1101 0101111101 1011000111 1011111101 1110 0111011111 1111 1111110111 1101001101 01010110101 011101 01110111100 0100 11100100101 0111111101 0100011011 110110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

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