This is an analysis of The Superseded by Thomas Hardy.

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As newer comers crowd the fore,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcXc X dcdcXc X Xcccac
  • Stanza lengths: 1,6,1,6,1,6,
  • Metre: 1 11010101 1101 111100111 10101 11111101 1101 1 11101111 1101 110011101 11001 11110101 1101 1 111111000 1101 11011101 11001 11111111 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

we, must

Anaphora

we