This is an analysis of [greek Title] by Thomas Hardy.

Long have I framed weak phantasies of Thee,
   O Willer masked and dumb!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXb cddcd eeeeX affaf
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 1111110001 110111 110101 11110010100 1111001 1101000110 110101 110101 11010100111 110011 0111010101 1100101 110101 01010000101 101001 1010010111 111111 100101 1010110101 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

thy