This is an analysis of Nature's Questioning by Thomas Hardy.

WHEN I look forth at dawning, pool,
Field, flock, and lonely tree,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddX eaae XffX cddc XffXXbddb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11111101 111101 110111 110101010001 11010111 110101 101101 1101001111100 11010101 101101 111111 110101011111 101110000 100111 110001 110111110100 1011010101 110011 111101 011101011111 10001111100 111101 010110 10011101010100 110111001 110111 111111 110111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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