This is an analysis of He Never Expected Much by Thomas Hardy.

Well, World, you have kept faith with me,
Kept faith with me;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXaaaX bbbbccab XXXdeeed
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11111101 1101 010111100 111110 11011101 01011101 10110101 111101 11111111 1111 010100111 011101 1001111000 10010100 11110101 111101 101110100 1100 110101110 110111 11011101 11111101 11111111 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

you, i, said

Anaphora

many

Epiphora

me, said, overmuch