This is an analysis of At A Lunar Eclipse by Thomas Hardy.
Thy shadow, Earth, from Pole to Central Sea,
Now steals along upon the Moon's meek shine…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaab baab cdeXcde
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,7,
- Metre: 1111010101 1101010111 0101011101 010000100 1111111100 0011011111 1111010101 0100011100 1101010011 11011101101 0101011101 0101010101 1011010111 1011010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14