This is an analysis of Her Song by Thomas Hardy.

I sang that song on Sunday,
To witch an idle while,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbcb dXdXXefe fcfcgcgc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1111111 011101 1111111 110001 11010110 10110 11111101 010101 1111010 1100000 0110110 010101 11010100 0111 11011101 111111 1111111 011101 1100111 110101 10010101 11101 11011001 011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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