Analysis of The Birdcatcher
Ralph Hodgson 1871 (Darlington) – 1962
When flighting time is on I go
With clap-net and decoy,
A-fowling after goldfinches
And other birds of joy;
I lurk among the thickets of
The Heart where they are bred,
And catch the twittering beauties as
They fly into my Head.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111 111001 011010 010111 11010101 011111 0101101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 235 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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