This is an analysis of The Two Men by Thomas Hardy.
THERE were two youths of equal age,
Wit, station, strength, and parentage;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd efgg hhiX ccjj cckk eecc XcXi ddeX ccbb Xgjj jjef gggg ddgX jjeX cccc ggcX cchh jjjj jjee jjjX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10110101 11011100 11010111 11111101 11010101 01010101 01010101 11011101 1010101011 101011100 11011101 11010111 100111101 01111101 11110111 110011110 10010101 01011101 110101111 01010101 01110110 01011101 11011101 11110111 1100111 01010101 10111111 1100101111 11000110 11110101 01010110 11110001 11000101 11110101 11110101 1101110010 11111111 01010101 11111111 1100101001 110111100 01110101 11010111 11010101 11011101 11110101 11011100 11010100 11011111 01010101 11010001 11000101 11010101 01010111 11110111 11111101 10101010011 011011011 11010111 010111110 11110001 11011101 11010111 11011101 11100111 111011101 01011101 111101110 11100111 11011111 11010101 11110111 10111111 01011101 11010101 11110111 11001111 011101001 11000101 01010101 11000101 11001001001 11001101 1010101110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 21
- Lines: 84
Repeated words/phrases
and, his
Anaphora
i'll, he, and