This is an analysis of Sometimes I Wish That I Were Helen-Fair by Lesbia Harford.

Sometimes I wish that I were Helen-fair
And wise as Pallas,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 0111110101 11110 1111110101 01110 1101111011 11010 10010011101 11110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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