This is an analysis of Heredity by Thomas Hardy.
I am the family face;
Flesh perishes, I live on,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaXab bcbcbc
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,
- Metre: 1101001 1100111 010111 110110 1100101 100100 00101011 011111 010101 010101 0010101 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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