This is an analysis of The Missed Train by Thomas Hardy.

How I was caught
Hieing home, after days of allure,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cbbc adda eeeeXdccd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1111 11101001 110011101 101011 11011 01001011 01111101 101101 11101 111000101 011011011 101101 11101 11010101 101101101 011010 00111 101101111 101011011 101101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

how, to, in