This is an analysis of In Time Of by Thomas Hardy.
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Only a man harrowing clods…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbXb Xcdcd Xeaea
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
- Metre: 1 10011001 001101 011111011 101111 1 1011011 001011 10011001 11001 1 1001101 11001 11001001 11101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 15
