Analysis of The Folk I Love
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
I do hate the folk I love-
They hurt so.
Their least word and act may be
Source of woe.
'Won't you come to tea with me?'
'Not today'
I'm so tired, I've been to church
Such folk say.
All the dreary afternoon
I must clutch
At the strength to love like them
Not too much
| Scheme | XABABCXC XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110111 111 1110111 111 1111111 101 11101111 111 101001 111 1011111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 275 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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