This is an analysis of The Widow by Thomas Hardy.
By Mellstock Lodge and Avenue
Towards her door I went,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdcd efef Xdgd hihi fcfX bdbd ecXc ijgj XkekXjcic
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11011101 100111 11110101 100101 01010101 1100111 11110111 10111011 01101001 111001 11111111 111011 01111100 110111 11110101 1111001 11111101 110101 01010101 110011 101011111 111011 11011111 1101010 11111101 110101 10110010 110101 11110111 110101 11011100 110111 11110111 111111 11111101 110011 110101110 110101 01111101 110101 01011111 110111 11111111 111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
my, and, her, i
Anaphora
and
