This is an analysis of A Meaning Learnt by Lesbia Harford.

I'm not his wife. I am his paramour:
His wayside love, picked up in journeying:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaabb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 0101110100 0111110100 10010010111 110101011 1101110001 0100111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6

Repeated words/phrases

his