This is an analysis of They Say — Priests Say by Lesbia Harford.

They say — priests say —
That God loves the world.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbabaaabXa
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111 11101 1011 101010 101001 10111 110101 101 1001 11111 110010 1101 1111 11101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14