This is an analysis of To An Orphan Child by Thomas Hardy.

A Whimsey
AH, child, thou art but half thy darling mother's;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcXcX dddXXdbd
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,8,
  • Metre: 010 11111111010 011100 11011101010 110101 11010101 111100 01000111 1011 01110101110 111111 110001110010 100101 00010100 111101 11111110 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 17