This is an analysis of Rome: Building A New Street In The Ancient Quarter. by Thomas Hardy.

These numbered cliffs and gnarls of masonry
Outskeleton Time's central city, Rome;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba XbbX cdXXcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,
  • Metre: 1101110100 1000110101 1011100011 1101010100 110111010 0111101101 1101010001 100110110000 110111101 0101011111 1111010111 0101011010 1111110101 11110100111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 14

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