Analysis of I count the days until I see you
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
I count the days until I see you, dear,
But the days only.
I dare not reckon up the nights and hours
I shall be lonely.
But when at last I meet you, dearest heart,
How can it cheer me?
Desire has power to turn me into stone,
When you come near me.
I give my heart the lie against my will,
Seem not to see you,
Glance aside quickly if I meet your eye,
Love you and flee you.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101011111 10110 11110101010 11110 1111111101 11111 010110111011 11111 1111010111 11111 1011011111 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 281 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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