Analysis of After Schiller
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
Knight, a true sister-love
This heart retains;
Ask me no other love,
That way lie pains!
Calm must I view thee come,
Calm see thee go;
Tale-telling tears of thine
I must not know!
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 101101 1101 111101 1111 111111 1111 110111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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