Analysis of O great golden head lie in my lap'
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
O great golden head lie in my lap,
Sweet, sweet, lie there.
Sleep and I'll watch thee lest evil behap.
Sweet, sweet and fair.
O great golden head lie on my breast,
Sleep, sleep thou there,
Who in thy beauty hast stolen my rest,
Sweet, sweet and fair.
| Scheme | abaBcbcB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011011 1111 101111101 1101 111011111 1111 1011011011 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 258 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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