This is an analysis of The Sisters by Lesbia Harford.

They used to say
Our mother brought us up like hot-house flowers,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdadacefefghihig
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 1101 11011111110 0101 110101 01010 0111 1010110010 0111 110011 01010 1111 1101010101 1101 111111 1111 1001 1101010001 1101 010101 00101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20