Analysis of Frost's "A Minor Bird"

Form:
Four closed couplets in mixed iambic and anapestic tetrameter, rhyming aa bb cc dd.


Line-by-Line Analysis:

1-2: The speaker voices his displeasure over a bird that annoys him with its incessant “all day” (line 2) singing. He wishes it would permanently “fly away” (line 1) from his house, presumably taking its singing elsewhere.

3-4: The speaker, says he has tried chasing the persistent bird away by clapping his hands at it “from the door” (line 3) when he feels he cannot stand to listen to it any longer. It is interesting to note that the speaker has not take...