Analysis of When day is over

Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)



When day is over
I climb up the stair,
Take off my dark dress,
Pull down my hair,
Open my window
And look at the stars.
Then my heart breaks through
These prison bars
Of space and darkness
And finds what is true,
Up past the stars where
I'm one with you.


Scheme ABCBDEFEGFBF
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 11101 11111 1111 10110 01101 11111 1101 11010 01111 11011 1111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 262
Words 54
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 196
Words per stanza (avg) 52
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Lesbia Harford

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