Analysis of If I had six white horses
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
If I had six white horses
And six sturdy friends,
I'd sell them into slavery,
If that would gain your ends.
I'd sell them into slavery,
If you so willed.
Thus were the hearts blood o' the world
By treason spilled.
| Scheme | abCbCded |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110 01101 11101100 111111 11101100 1111 10011101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 221 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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