This is an analysis of Rain on a Grave by Thomas Hardy.

Clouds spout upon her
Their waters amain…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXbXaXb acbcadXbd eeaeaeeee fcfcggaac
  • Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,9,
  • Metre: 11010 11010 01001 01110 11001 1110100 011110 110110 11001 11010 01001 110110 11001 0110010 11011 01101 110110 11111 11111 11011 110010 010011 010110 111111 110011 11011 101001 10010 11001 110010 11101 111100 101100 10110 00110 1011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 36

Epiphora

there, them