Analysis of Child Sun
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
Child Sun
Why will you play Peep Bo
Now in, now out
The workroom window so?
True 'tis
That there are children here;
But they've no time
To play Peep Bo, my dear.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 111111 1011 01101 11 111101 1111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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