Analysis of A lady and I were walking
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
A lady and I were walking
Where waters flow;
A lady and I were talking
Softly and slow.
This is what you were saying,
Lady of mine,
'I will be sad without him,
Yea, I will pine.
But he would never leave me
If he were free.
That's what my love in prison
Whispered to me.'
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01001010 1101 01001010 1001 1111010 1011 1111011 1111 1111011 1101 1111010 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 278 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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