Analysis of House Wrens



Little Mother
Build your nest
Right beneath the eaves
Husband helps with
Wood stuffs, grass
Proudly oft, he leaves.
Soon the sound of
peeping young.
Their demands are hard
Food to sling
The major thing.
Flying o’er the Yard.
This the way through
Springtime’s Day.
Tulips gay below
Hardly seen by busy birds.
Duty’s what they know.
I will view Dutch colours true
Red and orange and white
Only tawny browns for you.
Beauty’s in your flight.
I am told you
Come each year
If the nest is right.


Scheme ABCDECFGHIIHJKLMLJNJNJON
Poetic Form
Metre 1010 111 10101 1011 111 10111 1011 101 10111 111 0101 10101 1011 11 10101 1011101 1111 111111 101001 1010111 1011 1111 111 10111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 499
Words 99
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 385
Words per stanza (avg) 89

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Attracting wrens to your place. See the link. https://youtu.be/XP4Af3oJSKw https://youtu.be/MjN5itIypFE

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Written on May 14, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on May 14, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on May 14, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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