Analysis of He has a fairy wife
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
He has a fairy wife.
He does not know her.
She is the heart of the storm,
Of the clouds that lower.
And as the clouds are torn
Into rain and thunder,
She in her brightness tears
His heart asunder.
| Scheme | ABCBDBEB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 11110 1101101 101110 010111 011010 100101 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 204 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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