This is an analysis of The Well-Beloved by Thomas Hardy.
I wayed by star and planet shine
Towards the dear one's home…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd eaea bcbX cccc fXfX dddX aXaX cdXX gXgX cXcd cfcf XbXX XXdX babX gagaXcaca
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 110111101 100111 11010101 101110 11010111 100101 11010101 1011001 11111101 110111 11011111 101111 101000101 110001 10010101 1011000 01101111 110111 01010101 110011 11101111 100101 11011101 111000 101011111 1111000 11100101 1101110 011010101 11011100 1010100110 101111100 101110101 1101011 11110011 1111110 111011101 11110100 010101001 101110100 11111111 10111010 01101101 111101 010110101 101101 11011111 110111 1010010101 1011111 11011100 1111010 10101101000 101111 101111101 1111010 11010001 1011101 11011101 1111010 10110101 1100101 01111101 1001001 11011111 111111 10011111 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 68
Repeated words/phrases
and, i, my
Anaphora
thou, my
