This is an analysis of A Poet by Thomas Hardy.

Attentive eyes, fantastic heed,
Assessing minds, he does not need,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc ccdd XXee
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01010101 01011111 11010111 110001001 11011111 10101111 11110001 100110101 11110111 111100101 11010111 10011111 100010001 11010111 11110101 00010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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