This is an analysis of In The Old Theatre, Fiesole (April, 1887) by Thomas Hardy.
I traced the Circus whose gray stones incline
Where Rome and dim Etruria interjoin,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaa aXXa bccbcb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,
- Metre: 1101011101 1111100100 1101111101 1101000101 1101101101 11011111111 0101010100 1010010101 1011010101 1101110101 1010110111 1101010111 0111001101 01001010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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