This is an analysis of How Funny It Would Be If Dreamy I by Lesbia Harford.

How funny it would be if dreamy I
Should leave one book behind me when I die…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1100100101 1111011111 1101010101 1101010001 1111010111 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6