This is an analysis of The Birds by William Blake.

He. Where thou dwellest, in what grove,
Tell me Fair One, tell me Love;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd Xcbb ccbb ccee
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110011 1111111 11110111 11101001 11010101 1111111 1011101 11011101 11110100 1111111 11110101 11111101 11110111 1111101 1010111 1110111 11110111 01110111 1111101 01111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

thou