Analysis of To The Author Of 'Hesperides
William Allingham 1824 (Ballyshannon) – 1889 (Hampstead)
Hayrick some do spell thy name,
And thy verse approves the same;
For 'tis like fresh-scented hay,--
With country lasses in't at play.
Scheme | AABB |
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Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
Metre | 111111 0110101 1111101 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 138 |
Words | 26 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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