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 |
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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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