This is an analysis of The Ivy-Wife by Thomas Hardy.

I LONGED to love a full-boughed beech
And be as high as he:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abacab dededX fgfgfX hchbhb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 110101101 101111 11110101 110100 10011101 110101 11010101 010101 01111111 010101 111001111 111110 01010111 011111 11010111 101111 11111111 11111111 10110111 010100 10110111 010011 101111111 100111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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