Analysis of Raiment
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
I cannot be tricked out in lovely clothes
All times, all days.
My mind has moods of hating pearl and rose
And jewel-blaze.
Nor is the body worthily attired
Unless the soul
Has visibly to nobleness aspired
And self-control.
| Scheme | ABCBDEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110101 1111 1111110101 0101 11010101 0101 11001101 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 230 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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