This is an analysis of In Time Of 'The Breaking Of Nations' by Thomas Hardy.

Only a man harrowing clods
In a slow silent walk…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc dede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10011001 001101 011111011 101111 1011011 001011 10011001 11001 1001101 11001 11001001 11101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12