This is an analysis of Barthelemon At Vauxhall by Thomas Hardy.

Francois Hippolite Barthelemon, first-fiddler at Vauxhall Gardens,
composed what was probably the most popular morning hymn-tune ever…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX Xaab bccb bXbX XX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,2,
  • Metre: 011001000110011110 011110001100101110 10011001111001101 1001011101101 1110111001 1101010111 1101010111 001011110111 0101010101 10001010101 10010010101 11011101001 1101010101 0101110101 1001110110 0101011111 110011110010 0101001011010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 19