This is an analysis of Nest Eggs by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Birds all the summer day
Flutter and quarrel…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cded fXge bXeh XXaf ffgf hegX XhXh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110101 10110 100101 10010 1001 011010 11011 010110 111100 10110 101110 11010 101111 11100 110101 10010 10111 110110 1001110 10110 11110 10110 111110 10110 11110 010010 110100 10010 010110 110010 111111 10110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32