This is an analysis of To Outer Nature by Thomas Hardy.

SHOW thee as I thought thee
When I early sought thee,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabXa ccbbc ddeeX XXffb ggXXg XXbXX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 111111 111011 1010 1100 101111 111110 111010 1010 1010 111110 111010 011010 1010 1110 10100 11100 101010 1111 1001 100110 111010 101010 1110 10010 111010 111000 111110 1010 1100 10100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

thee

Epiphora

thee, things