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.
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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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