This is an analysis of Postponement by Thomas Hardy.
SNOW-BOUND in woodland, a mournful word,
Dropt now and then from the bill of a bird,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaB cccX aaaB cccX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110110101 1111001001 111111111 10010 10100100101 101011101 111100101 10010 1011111101 01010101 1010111111 10010 101101111 101101101 1111101 100100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16