This is an analysis of Work-Girls' Holiday by Lesbia Harford.

A lady has a thousand ways
Of doing nothing all her days,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcdaaeedcffgg
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 01010101 01010101 11111111 11010110 11110101 11010101 11110101 11111101 10011111 11010111 110100111 11110101 01011101 01010011 11110101 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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