Analysis of I bought a red hat
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
I bought a red hat
To please my lover.
He will hardly see it
When he looks me over,
Though it's a fine hat.
Yet he never misses
Noticing my red mouth
When it's shaped for kisses.
| Scheme | ABCBADED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 11110 111011 111110 11011 111010 100111 111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 186 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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