This is an analysis of O Great Golden Head Lie In My Lap' by Lesbia Harford.

O great golden head lie in my lap,
Sweet, sweet, lie there.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXAbabA
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 111011011 1111 1111111010 1111 111011111 1111 1011011011 1111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

sweet