This is an analysis of The Jubilee Of A Magazine:(To The Editor) by Thomas Hardy.

Yes; your up-dated modern page -
All flower-fresh, as it appears -…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aba bbb bcb ccc cdc ded efe fgf gXg hbhb
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,
  • Metre: 11110101 11011001 11011100 11010100 101111010 01010101 111101010 01010101 11010011 11010101 01010111 111111001 01111101 01110111 101110111 0111101 01010101 11111101 010101001 01110101 11011101 011100101 01010111 01110101 11010001 111101100 11000111 11010001 11010101 01010111 11101100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 31