This is an analysis of The Oxen by Thomas Hardy.
Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock.
"Now they are all on their knees,"…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc dede XXXX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10111001 101111110 1101111001 10100101 110011101 1101101 1000101011 0110101 11010111 010111 01111101 1010101 10010101101 1111010 11101001 100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
