This is an analysis of The Sergeant's Song by Thomas Hardy.
WHEN Lawyers strive to heal a breach,
And Parsons practise what they preach;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaBBXC ddBBE ffBBE cXBBXC
- Stanza lengths: 6,5,5,6,
- Metre: 11010101 11010111 11010111 11011101 100101110 10010111 11001101 11110101 11010111 11011101 100101100 11111101 111000111 11010111 11011101 100101100 11001101 11110100 11010111 11011101 100101110 10010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 22
Anaphora
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