Analysis of Hecate's Due
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
You who are dead,
Do you know
They've dug up half the irises
That used to grow
Here in the quadrangle a year ago?
Those left are mere
Points of blue
That can't make sky of earth, as once
They used to do,
Didn't they? Buried flowers . . . Proserpin's due.
| Scheme | ABCBBDEFEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1111 111 11110100 1111 10010101 1111 111 11111111 1111 101101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 262 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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