This is an analysis of Dearest, Dearest by Lesbia Harford.

Dearest, dearest,
Bother the slow hours…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbbAcccc
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 1010 100110 11111 001010 11110101010 1010 01111 11001 10101 00101110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10