This is an analysis of She Charged Me by Thomas Hardy.

She charged me with having said this and that
To another woman long years before,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc dcd cece
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,4,
  • Metre: 1110101011 0010101001 001010111 110110101 0110110101 10010010111 111110101 00111101101 101110101 1110101101 1111000111 010110111 0111100111 00101110101 1010110111 110110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

her, and