This is an analysis of Ours Was A Friendship In Secret by Lesbia Harford.

Ours was a friendship in secret, my dear,
Stolen from fate.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbacXc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1101001011 1001 1101011111 1011 1011110111 0011 1001111011 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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