This is an analysis of The Coronation by Thomas Hardy.
At Westminster, hid from the light of day,
Many who once had shone as monarchs lay.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cX cc dd ee ff gg cX ff hh gg cX Xc XX XX gX Xi hh Xa hX bX hhh iiX
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,
- Metre: 1110100101 1011111111 1001011101 0101010111 1001110101 110110111000 110111110010 11010111010 01010110100 1111000101 11010110101 10111101001 11001110011 0101010100 11110110111 1101010100 1111010101 1100110100 1101010111 0101010101 1111010111 1011110001 1001101101010 01010101010 1010101011 1110011111 1111101101010 1101010101 111110111010 11101101110 111101111010 11111110100 1101001111 1011011100 1110110101 1101011101 1011110101 1111111111 11110100100 1101010100 1101110101 0101111101 11111010111 11001010111 1101111101 1111010101 1011011101 1101010101 1111010101 1011010011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 24
- Lines: 73
Repeated words/phrases
and, mary, '
Anaphora
and
