Analysis of I used to have dozens of handkerchiefs

Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)



'I used to have dozens of handkerchiefs
Of finest lawn.
I used to have silk shirts and fine new suits.'
He's like a faun
This darling out-at-elbows Irish boy.
'Those were the days
Before the war
When money could be earned a thousand ways.
But now—last week I had a muslin bag
For handkerchief!
No socks, no shirts'—but wiles and smiles and gleams
Beyond belief.


Scheme ABCBDEFEGHIJ
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101100 1101 1111110111 1101 110111101 1001 0101 1101110101 1111110101 1100 1111110101 0101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 373
Words 68
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 281
Words per stanza (avg) 65
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Lesbia Harford

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

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