This is an analysis of At Castle Boterel by Thomas Hardy.
As I drive to the junction of lane and highway,
And the drizzle bedrenches the waggonette,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXabb ccXcc dcdcc efeff ebebb Xbebb ghghh
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 111001001111 10101000100 1101101011 1110111001 0101 1110101010 011101101 0101111100 01010101 11111 11011111110 101110101 101101010 011101101 1101 01100111110 01011001101 0111001110 101011111 1101 1001101110 111111111 00101001110 1110101011 01111 1011101010 01011101 010111010 011011111 1101 1111011010 111100101 101011111010 111101101 1001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 35
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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