This is an analysis of Ay, Ay, Ay, The Lilies Of The Garden by Lesbia Harford.
Ay, ay, ay, the lilies of the garden
With red threads binding them and stars about,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbXaaa
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 1110100010 0111001101 1100101101110 1000100110101 1111101010 10011010111 101100101010 1010101010100
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
and, ay
Anadiplosis
holy
