Analysis of To Leslie
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
Across the sea
Come homeward ships
With freight of boys.
And still must we
Forgo the joys
Of meeting lips.
| Scheme | ABCACB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 1101 1111 0111 0101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 114 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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