This is an analysis of An August Midnight by Thomas Hardy.

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A shaded lamp and a waving blind,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a XXXXbb X ccddaa
  • Stanza lengths: 1,6,1,6,
  • Metre: 1 010110101 10100100101 1011011110 0110110100 11111101 01011101 1 11110011 1010110101 11011111 111011111 10100101111 111101111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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