This is an analysis of I Thought I Heard Something Move In The House by Lesbia Harford.

I thought I heard something move in the house
When I was alone in bed.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaababa
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1111101001 1110101 1110111101 1111011 1100100101 11110111 11001001001 1101001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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