Analysis of I was sad
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
I was sad
Having signed up in a rebel band,
Having signed up to rid the land
Of a plague it had.
For I knew
That I would suffer, I would be lost,
Be bitter and foolish and tempest tost
And a failure too.
I was sad;
Though far in the future our light would shine
For the present the dark was ours, was mine,
I couldn't be glad.
| Scheme | AbbacdacAeea |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 101100101 10111101 10111 111 111101111 1100100101 00101 111 11001010111 10100111011 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 334 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 248 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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