Analysis of Most people have a way of making friends
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
Most people have a way of making friends
That's very queer.
They don't choose whom they like, but anyone
In some way near.
The girl beside them on the factory bench,
The girl next door
Does. If they move then they forget the friend
They had before.
I choose the friends who suit me (one I found
Shut up in jail)—
Some nuns, some clerks, Anne whose beauty was
Frankly for sale.
Of course I cannot see them every day.
That's as Fate sends.
Blind Fate may choose my times for me, but not,
Oh not, my friends.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHIHJAKA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101011101 1101 111111110 0111 01011101001 0111 1111110101 1101 1101111111 1101 111111101 1011 11110111001 1111 1111111111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 515 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 387 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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