This is an analysis of Song Of The Soldier's Wifes. by Thomas Hardy.

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At last! In sight of home again,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaBccCB X bbbdeeeX X fffgXXdg XXaaaBccCB
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,1,8,1,8,10,
  • Metre: 1 11010101 0101 11011101 111111 11010101 1101 11110101 110001 1 11011100 1100 11110100 110100 111011111 0111 11111111 1101000 1 11111111 1111 11111111 1101110 10011000 1100 111110100 1111010 1 111110101 1101 11100101 111111 11110101 0101 11110101 110001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

again, from, us, to, and, them

Anaphora

and, should

Epiphora

again, us, them, you, more