This is an analysis of By The Earth's Corpse by Thomas Hardy.
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"O Lord, why grievest Thou? -…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a XabaXcXX X bXXdadXd X cbbbbXXb X XaXaXXdX
- Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Metre: 1 1011101 111100 100111 110111 11011111 110100 10010111 1110000 1 101000101 1011111 01011111 111101 11011111 1100111 11111101 1111000 1 1000100 110101 110101 111101 11111101 1101000 111101100 111101 1 101011 1100101 110111 111100 11011101 1001000 11111111 1110010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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