This is an analysis of Lament by Thomas Hardy.

How she would have loved
A party to-day! -…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdDeee adXdaaffggg dfdfXXXXddd XXXXhhdDaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,11,
  • Metre: 11111 01001 11011 01011 11101 01111 01001 101101 0101 00101 00101 11111 101001 010100 1010001 10001 111001 101101 101101 1111 10001 10101 11111 001101 01101 101101 11001 01001 110010 0110110 01111 1001 111001 111110 01111 111110 11100 111010 110010 11111 101101 001001 01111 00111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 47

Epiphora

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