This is an analysis of The Workbox by Thomas Hardy.
See, here's the workbox, little wife,
That I made of polished oak.'…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXab XcXc dede fgfg bgbg hfhX iiiX jXjX eceXXijij
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11010101 1110101 110100101 110111 11001100 100111 11000100 1111101 110001101 1010111 11110101 101111 110101101 01111 01011001 110101 11110111 010101 11110111 011001 111111111 110111 11110111 111011010 11111011 11101101 1111111001 110101 11111101 011111 011100101 11000010 11011101 110101 01110101 111000 11010111 011101 101111101 110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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