Analysis of A bird
A bird in the sky
takes flight into
the city up high
breaking speeds
In and out of the
heart of the city
with a breath
what I see is
not this or that
But nothing less
Than a beauty
Living to breathe
Fighting to live
Up against it all
What are the things
Of such a dream
| Scheme | ABACDEFGHIEJKLMN |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01001 1101 01011 101 00110 11010 101 1111 1111 1101 1010 1011 1011 10111 1101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
About this poem
Was Originally written by Norrel McFadden IV
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