This is an analysis of Revulsion by Thomas Hardy.

THOUGH I waste watches framing words to fetter
Some spirit to mine own in clasp and kiss,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cecece
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,
  • Metre: 11110101010 1100110111 10011101110 0101011101 11011101010 11010111010 011100011110 0111100010 11111101010 1100001111 01010101010 1101010101 11111101010 1111011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 14

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