This is an analysis of Her Reproach by Thomas Hardy.

Con the dead page as 'twere live love: press on!
Cold wisdom's words will ease thy track for thee;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bXbc cXca bX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,2,
  • Metre: 1011111111 1101011111 1111111111 0101110111 10110101100 101100100100 1111110111 1101111111 0100110111 0101110110 0111010101 01001010011 1101010011 01010111010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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