Analysis of Polytheist
Lesbia Harford 1891 (Brighton) – 1927 (Australia)
One comes to love the little saints,
As years go by.
One learns to love the little saints.
'O hear me sigh,
St. Anthony,
Find this for me,
I wish you'd try.'
There must be many garden gods,
A gardener sees.
There'd have to be an orchard god. 'Divinities,
Take honour due.
The long year through
Protect these trees.'
The Mother and the Holy Child
Are friends to me.
I pray, 'I am my mother's child.
I trust you'll see
That days are bright
And all goes right
With her and me.'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 1111 11110101 1111 1100 1111 1111 11110101 01001 111111010100 111 0111 0111 01000101 1111 11111101 1111 1111 0111 1001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 482 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 355 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 92 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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