This is an analysis of Places by Thomas Hardy.

Nobody says: Ah, that is the place
Where chanced, in the hollow of years ago,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacbc deedfef ghhgihi jkkjiki
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,
  • Metre: 111111001 11000100001 110011101 010010101 010011111 1011 11111 11111111 0011011010010 11011001110 0010011101 011101111 011110 1111 11110111 01100110101 01110111 11011101 1100110111 11100 00101 11100111 111110111 1010110101 10101101001 0101010011 10101 10101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 31

Repeated words/phrases

of, she

Anaphora

the