This is an analysis of Song From Heine by Thomas Hardy.

I scanned her picture dreaming,
   Till each dear line and hue…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc dede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1101010 111111 11000110 100101 0101011 110101 0111010 1100111 1111011 111111 1101110 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12