This is an analysis of Before And After Summer by Thomas Hardy.

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Looking forward to the spring…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bbacacccdd Xeedadaccee
  • Stanza lengths: 1,10,11,
  • Metre: 1 10100001 1110101 1010101 1011101 1010111 1110101 1010101 1110101 11010101 10110101 1 11000101 1000101 1011101 1010001 10011111 11111001 1110111 1010101 1111101 1010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 22