Analysis of Pat wasn't Pat last night at all

Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)



Pat wasn't Pat last night at all.
He was the rain,
The Spring,
Young Dionysus, white and warm,
Lilac and everything.


Scheme ABCDC
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Cinquain  (40%)
Metre 11011111 1101 01 11101 1010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 124
Words 23
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Lesbia Harford

Lesbia Harford was an Australian poet, novelist and political activist. more…

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