This is an analysis of The Folk I Love by Lesbia Harford.

I do hate the folk I love-
They hurt so.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXXcb XcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,
  • Metre: 1110111 111 1111110 101 1110101 110 01101001 111 1010101 111 1010110 111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12