This is an analysis of Afterwards by Thomas Hardy.
When the Present has latched its postern behind my tremulous stay,
And the May month flaps its glad green leaves like wings,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dXdX ebeX dXdb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1001110100111001 10111011111 1001111100101 11011101011 000001111100101 010111001001 0101110101011 11011000101 011101010101011 1011101001001 11111111001011011 11111010111010 0110111011111101 10011101101 0011111011111 111111111100 1010111101001001 1010110100100 111011100111 110111101011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Anaphora
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