This is an analysis of In The Public Library by Lesbia Harford.
Standing on tiptoe, head back, eyes and arm
Upraised, Kate groped to reach the higher shelf.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababacdcdccececfcfcfgXgbghihihececeicicijkjkjhahaX
- Stanza lengths: 50,
- Metre: 1011111111 10011010101 0111110001 1101010001 1101010001 1101010111 1001110001 1101011111 0101110001 0101011101 10110011101 11011101001 0101110111 0111001101 1111010111 0111010101 0101111111 1001010011 0111010101 0101111101 1101111111 110100110 111001100101 0011010101 11110011101 01110010101 1101010101 0100011101 10101010111 0101100111 1101001101 1101001001 11010001001 1101010011 0111011101 1101010101 0101110001 1101010001 0101010101 0101011101 0101010101 1111010001 1001010110 1101010111 0110000101 1011010111 1101110101 010010100101 1111011011 11001101010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
she, to
