This is an analysis of The Subalterns by Thomas Hardy.

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"Poor wanderer," said the leaden sky,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a aaaX X bXbX X XXXX X aXaX a cXcX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Metre: 1 10100010101 1011101 11110111 1101110 1 10111111001 0110111 01110111 1111110 1 1010101110 1101011 11110111 11110100 1 1010101111 1001001 11110001 11110100 1 11011101 110111 01110111 1111000
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

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