Analysis of Bird Of Paradise
Padraic Colum 1881 (County Longford) – 1972 (Enfield)
WITH sapphire for her crown,
And with the Libyan wine
For lustre of her eyes;
With azure on her feet
As though she trod the skies;
Then iris for her vest,
Rose, ebony, and flame
(The bird that Camoens
Won for his golden lay),
She lives a thing enthralled.
In forests that are old,
As old as is the Moon.
| Scheme | ABCDCEFCGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100101 0101001 110101 110101 111101 110101 110001 0111 111101 110101 010111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 300 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 232 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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