Analysis of I came to live in Sophia Street
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
I came to live in Sophia Street,
In a little house in Sophia Street
With an inch of floor
Between door and door
And a yard you'd measure in children's feet.
When I'd been ten days in Sophia Street
I remembered its name was Wisdom Street;
For I'd learned much more
Than in all the score
Of years I clamoured for books to eat.
| Scheme | AABBAAABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 111100101 0010100101 11111 01101 0011100101 1111100101 1010111101 11111 10101 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 332 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 253 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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