This is an analysis of To An Orphan Child by Thomas Hardy.
A Whimsey
AH, child, thou art but half thy darling mother's;…
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

