This is an analysis of The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy.
Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaX Xcdc efef cdcdXebeb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 111111 111101 11111101 1100100 111100 110101 11111111 111001 111101 011111 11110111 110111 111101 111111 11011101 110101 11110010 110101 110111010 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Anadiplosis
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