Analysis of The Jaybird
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
The Jaybird he's my _favorite_
Of all the birds they is!
I think he's quite a stylish sight
In that blue suit of his:
An' when he' lights an' shuts his wings,
His coat's a 'cutaway'--
I guess it's only when he sings
You'd know he wuz a jay.
I like to watch him when he's lit
In top of any tree,
'Cause all birds git wite out of it
When _he_ 'lights, an' they see
How proud he act', an' swell an' spread
His chest out more an' more,
An' raise the feathers on his head
Like it's cut pompadore!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111 110111 11110101 011111 11111111 110100 11110111 111101 11111111 011101 11111111 111111 11111111 111111 11010111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 484 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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