Analysis of A Thunderstorm in Town

Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)



She wore a 'terra-cotta' dress,
And we stayed, because of the pelting storm,
Within the hansom's dry recess,
Though the horse had stopped; yea, motionless
We sat on, snug and warm.

Then the downpour ceased, to my sharp sad pain,
And the glass that had screened our forms before
Flew up, and out she sprang to her door:
I should have kissed her if the rain
Had lasted a minute more.


Scheme ABAXB CDDCD
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Metre 11010101 0110110101 0101101 101111100 111101 1010111111 00111110101 110111101 11110101 1100101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 380
Words 73
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 5
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 147
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 24, 2023

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Thomas Hardy

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