This is an analysis of At A Bridal by Thomas Hardy.
WHEN you paced forth, to wait maternity,
A dream of other offspring held my mind,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaab bccb XdXcdX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,
- Metre: 1111010100 0101011111 0100111101 11110010100 11111101001 11110101010 01011111010 111011101101 1111111100 1101011101 0011101101 11110010100 1011011111 0011110110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 14
