Analysis of Martha
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
Sometimes I lose
My power of loving for an hour or two,
Then I misuse
My knowledge of friends' secrets to abuse
Them far more heartily than others do.
Then I forget
Their splendid selves, the victories they've won,
And only fret
Because they fail me, when my needs are set
Above the dreams they've fixed their hopes upon.
| Scheme | ABACBDEDDF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 0111 110110111011 1101 1101110101 1111001101 1101 1101010011 0101 0111111111 0101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 329 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 254 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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