This is an analysis of God's Funeral by Thomas Hardy.
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbc Xdada Xefef XXghg adidi adjdj XdiXi Xkiki XgXga hblbl aXcXc XhehX XmhmX Xdidi Xiiii Xdidi Xkdkd
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 1 11010101 1101111111 10001010101 0111010111 1 11010101 1101010111 1101011111 01000101011 1 01110111 1111111001 01010101001 11010101001 1 10100100 1001011101 10110100101 1001110101 1 11011111 01010100101 11001110111 1111110101 1 110101001 10011111101 1101010001 1111110101 1 10110111 1111010101 0011110110 11000110101 1 11111101 1101011101 1101110011 1111010101 1 10110101 0100010100 1001101100 1101111100 1 101110100 1011011111 10011110101 1101010101 1 11010011 0101010101 01110010100 1101010111 1 11111101 10010010101 1111010111 0101011000 1 10011111 1101110100 11111010001 010010011101 1 11111111 10111011101 1111010101 1111111111 1 11011111 001010111001 1100110111 01110011101 1 100101001 0101110111 11010010111 10100110101 1 11010101 1010110101 1111010111 0100110001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 85
Repeated words/phrases
we, our, and, i
Anaphora
i, to
Anadiplosis
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