Analysis of When I was still a child
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
When I was still a child
I thought my love would be
Noble, truthful, brave,
And very kind to me.
Then all the novels said
That if my lover prove
No such man as this
He had to forfeit love.
Now I know life holds
Harder tasks in store.
If my lover fail
I must love him more.
Should he prove unkind,
What am I, that he
Squander soul and strength
Smoothing life for me?
Weak or false or cruel
Love must still be strong.
All my life I'll learn
How to love as long.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFGHIJIKBLBMNON |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (35%) |
| Metre | 111101 111111 10101 010111 110101 111101 11111 111101 11111 10101 11101 11111 11101 11111 10101 10111 111110 11111 11111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 467 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 352 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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