This is an analysis of Fatherless by Lesbia Harford.

I've had no man
To guard and shelter me,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXaXaabXXXcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 1111 011101 11011 01100 1101 011111 110111 11111 1111 010100 11110 11110 1111 111111 11111 01101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Epiphora

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