Analysis of Preaching is for the birds.
Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)
Leave the preaching to the birds.
They can carry the tune.
They can carry it, high and low.
Flutter it about.
Busy as the seasons change,
They'll get the message out.
They can swoop down, and fly around.
Seeing where to land.
Delivering this message:
Your life is in your hands.
| Scheme | XX XAXA XX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1010101 111001 11101101 10101 1010101 110101 11110101 10111 0100110 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 284 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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