This is an analysis of The Ghost Of The Past by Thomas Hardy.
We two kept house, the Past and I,
The Past and I;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabcbcb dddaeaeX ffffXfXX gggdXdXd hhXababa
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11110111 0111 11010101 1011001 01010110 111101 11110110 110101 11011101 1101 10110111 001101 01010101 111100 11010101 100100 01011101 1101 11010111 010100 01001111 111111 01111111 111100 11010101 0101 01010101 110111 110101100 010101 0101001100 110101 11011101 1111 101111000 010011 01011100 110111 01011100 101111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
i, as, it, old, less, my
Anaphora
as, and, the, it
Epiphora
i, stair, was, fade, less
Anadiplosis
i
