Analysis of An Autumn Rain-Scene

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



There trudges one to a merry-making
With sturdy swing,
On whom the rain comes down.

To fetch the saving medicament
Is another bent,
On whom the rain comes down.

One slowly drives his herd to the stall
Ere ill befall,
On whom the rain comes down.

This bears his missives of life and death
With quickening breath,
On whom the rain comes down.

One watches for signals of wreck or war
From the hill afar,
On whom the rain comes down.

No care if he gain a shelter or none,
Unhired moves on,
On whom the rain comes down.

And another knows nought of its chilling fall
Upon him aat all,
On whom the rain comes down.


Scheme aaB ccB ddB eeB xxB xxB ddB
Poetic Form
Metre 1101101010 1101 110111 110101 10101 110111 110111101 1101 110111 11111101 11001 110111 1101101111 10101 110111 1111101011 111 110111 00101111101 01111 110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 621
Words 121
Sentences 8
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Hardy

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