This is an analysis of "I Have Lived With Shades" by Thomas Hardy.
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bccbadda X effegccX X ahhXiXji X dccdheeX a kjjkjaaX lX cagX aX jagX mX fagX lX dagX XX magX
- Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,2,4,
- Metre: 1 1110111 110011 110111 111101 1011 1111 1101 1111 1 111101 111111 000011 111101 1101 1101 1111 1110 1 10101101 1110111 110101 1101110 110111 11110 11101 1101 1 111111 111111 010001 110100 1001 1101 1111 11010 1 100111011 110111 111001 010101 1111 1010 1101 11010 1010010111 110111110 101100101 1001001 11110101 1101010 1010010111 110101100 101101101 110100 11110101 1101110 1010010111 1101111100 101000101 111100 11110101 1101010 1010010111 1101001010 1010001010 1011101 10111001 1101110 1010010111 1111011000 101111101 110100 10110101 1101010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 20
- Lines: 75
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