This is an analysis of At An Inn by Thomas Hardy.

WHEN we as strangers sought
Their catering care,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcd efefdXdX gbgbhghg ciciadadXababcgcg
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,17,
  • Metre: 111101 11001 111011 0110 111101 1111 111101 1111 111100 0101 110110 0101 101100 1001 1011111 11110 110101 1111 1100111 0111 111101 0101 110101 0111 011101 1111 110101 1101 111111 0111 111101 01010 111101 1101 111111 1101 1100111 1101 111111 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

we

Anaphora

the, o