Analysis of God Speaks

Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)



I made a heaven for you filled with stars,
Each star a song
Meant to give happy music to your ear,
Day and night long.
But in your workshop you are closed away
From the fair sky,
Deafened by noise until you cannot hear
My stars that sigh.
And when night comes your sleepy eyes are blind
To heavens blue;
That was a foolish toy, my dearest dear,
I made for you.


Scheme ABCBDECEFGHG
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011111 1101 1111010111 1011 101111101 1011 111011101 1111 0111110111 1101 1101011101 1111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 368
Words 74
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 280
Words per stanza (avg) 72
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 23, 2023

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Lesbia Harford

Lesbia Harford was an Australian poet, novelist and political activist. more…

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