This is an analysis of Going And Staying by Thomas Hardy.

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The moving sun-shapes on the spray,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a abaab X cbccb X dbddb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,5,1,5,1,5,
  • Metre: 1 01011101 010101110 11010111 10011111 11010 1 10010101 0101001010 01010101 10011111 11010 1 11110011 110101010 01110101 11000101 01010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 18

Anaphora

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