Analysis of They say — priests say
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
They say — priests say —
That God loves the world.
Maybe he does,
When the dew is pearl'd
On the emerald grass,
Or the young dawns shine
Would you be satisfied,
Proteus mine,
Just to be loved
When your hair was curled,
As Earth is beloved
When earth is fine?
I love you more
Than God loves the world.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFEGBGEHB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 11101 1011 10111 10101 10111 11110 11 1111 11111 11101 1111 1111 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 312 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 230 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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