Analysis of Little Ships
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
The little ships are dearer than the great ships
For they sail in strange places,
They lean nearer the green waters.
One may count by wavelets how the year slips
From their decks; and hear the Sea-King's daughters
Laughing at their play whene'er the boat dips.
| Scheme | ABCACA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011101011 1110110 11100110 111111011 1110101110 101111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 268 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 208 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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