This is an analysis of The Sun On The Bookcase by Thomas Hardy.

Once more the cauldron of the sun
Smears the bookcase with winy red,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbcacb addaXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,
  • Metre: 11010001 10110101 111101111 10101111001 1101001001 1111 1111 11010101 111100101 11010111 0001010101 01011110 1111 00110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

and, wasted

Anaphora

and