This is an analysis of Street Scene—little Lonsdale St. by Lesbia Harford.

I wish you'd seen that dirty little boy,
Finger at nose,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXccXXXXb
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1011 1011011101 1010110101 1001111111 1111 1101110111 0111000101 1101010111 0111 0101111101 1101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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