Analysis of I have three loves who are all most dear
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
I have three loves who are all most dear.
Each one has cost me many a tear.
The one who is dead yet lives in me.
I were too poor had I less than three.
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111111 111111001 011111101 101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 159 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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