This is an analysis of The Redbreast Chasing the Butterfly by William Wordsworth.
Art thou the bird whom Man loves best,
The pious bird with the scarlet breast,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabcdceeffbccbeeggaedbe hffgghXXgffXbaab
- Stanza lengths: 23,16,
- Metre: 11011111 010100101 1101010 01110111 1101110 110100111 110011 110111 011111110 111111110 01001011 110101001 11010101 1101001 001011101 1001111 110101 10010001 0111101 100010110 11010100 100101010 1100001 11011011101 010010 1010110 010101 010010111 11111001 0101010110 1001011010 11011110 11001010 1101001010 0100101011 01011111 11010011 11011111 1111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 39
Repeated words/phrases
bird, in