This is an analysis of Amabel by Thomas Hardy.

I MARKED her ruined hues,
Her custom-straitened views,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbcc aacc bbcX XXcc ddcc eecc ffcX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110101 0101001 1110110 11000 110101 111101 011101 0101 010101 110101 011101 1101 1110101 111101 110101 01000 101111 111100 110111 1101 111111 0110011 110101 1101 110111 111111 1011111 0101 1010001 110101 101111 11000
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

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