This is an analysis of When I Was Still A Child by Lesbia Harford.

When I was still a child
I thought my love would be…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbacXcXdedabXbefXf
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 111101 111110 10101 110101 110101 101101 11110 110101 11111 10101 01101 11111 11101 11111 10111 10111 111110 11101 11111 10111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20