Analysis of Lie-a-bed
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
My darling lies down in her soft white bed,
And she laughs at me.
Her laughter has flushed her pale cheeks with red.
Her eyes dance with glee.
My darling lies close in her warm white bed,
And she will not rise.
I will shower kisses down on her sleepyhead
Till she close her eyes.
Gioja's no happier fresh from the South.
But my kisses free
Will straiten the curves of this teasing mouth,
If it laughs at me.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101100111 01111 0101101111 01111 1101100111 01111 1110101101 11101 111001101 11101 110111101 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 415 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 318 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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