Analysis of After Rain

Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)



Today
I'd like to be a nun
And go and say
My rosary beneath the trees out there.
In this shy sun
The raindrops look like silver beads of prayer.
So blest
Am I, I'd like to tell
God and the rest
Of heaven-dwellers in the garden there
All that befell
Last week. Such gossip is as good as prayer.
Ah well!
I have, since I'm no nun,
No beads to tell,
And being happy must be all my prayer.
Yet 'twould be fun
To walk with God 'neath the wet trees out there.


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Poetic Form
Metre 01 111101 0101 1100010111 0111 011110111 11 111111 1001 1101000101 1101 1111011111 11 111111 1111 0101011111 1111 1111101111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 461
Words 96
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 343
Words per stanza (avg) 94
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Lesbia Harford

Lesbia Harford was an Australian poet, novelist and political activist. more…

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