This is an analysis of Mute Opinion by Thomas Hardy.

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I traversed a dominion…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcd X bXbXaXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,8,
  • Metre: 1 1100010 110111 1101010 110111 1111011 011111 1111111 110111 1 1101010 110111 0100010 0101001 1101010 010010 1101110 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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Anadiplosis

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