Analysis of My friend must be a Bird
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
My friend must be a Bird—
Because it flies!
Mortal, my friend must be,
Because it dies!
Barbs has it, like a Bee!
Ah, curious friend!
Thou puzzlest me!
Scheme | ABCBCDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 0111 101111 0111 111101 11001 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 155 |
Words | 31 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 7 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 12, 2023
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