This is an analysis of I Rose Up As My Custom Is by Thomas Hardy.
I rose up as my custom is
On the eve of All-Souls' day,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abccb Xdccd edaXd dcffc ghbbh iieXi gcaaXXhacca
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Metre: 11111100 1010111 1111111011 01111101 011101 11001101 11110101 11001101 1110010101 1100111 11010111 0100101 11111001 11011100 110100 11110101 111011 11011111 11111011 111101 11011111 010001 10110011 101000111 111101 100101001 111101 11101101 11010100 111001 11110011 1010101 111101001 11110101 1110110 011001111 01110011 01010101 110011101 0101001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
her, i, and
Anaphora
and, the
