This is an analysis of The Master And The Leaves by Thomas Hardy.

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We are budding, master, budding,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXa Xcdcdcd Xcecece XbababX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,
  • Metre: 1 11101010 1011001 1111010 011100 0101010 111111 1 111010110 010101 01001010 111101 1101110 011101 1 11101010 1111101 1101110 111101 1100010 010111 1 1111010 111101 11111010 101101 1111010 011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

we, and