This is an analysis of The Discovery by Thomas Hardy.

I wandered to a crude coast
Like a ghost;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aaddee
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 1100011 101 01011110 10010 1001110 11101000110110 1111011 011 10011011 011 1110110 111101111110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 13