This is an analysis of The Casterbridge Captains by Thomas Hardy.
THREE captains went to Indian wars,
And only one returned:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb deXe adeX XfXf bccc agXgXffff
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 110101001 110101 11011101 010111 111101010 0110001 01110100 111101 01110101 110101 010110101 1100100 1010111010 100101 100101001 110101 111111001 110101 010111011 111101 11110001 011101 11000100 110101 01010001 110101 01010101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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