This is an analysis of To Meet, Or Otherwise by Thomas Hardy.

Whether to sally and see thee, girl of my dreams,
Or whether to stay…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababbcdcXcddddddXXXXebebee
  • Stanza lengths: 28,
  • Metre: 100101111011 11001 11111101001 0101 1110110101 1111 1111111001001 1101110111 0111 0101010101 100 1111101111 1111 1111001111111 1101010101 0010 1111010101 1001 1101001100 1110 1011010100100 1001110100 0101 1101010011 0111 11100110100 1101 010111011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 28