This is an analysis of To An Absentee by Thomas Hood.

O'er hill, and dale, and distant sea,
Through all the miles that stretch between,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdadaefef
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 101111101 110101101 11110111 11111101 11111110 01011101 10010101 11010101 11110101 11111101 01110111 11011110 11101111 11111111 11010111 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

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