Analysis of My spirit will not haunt the mound
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
My spirit will not haunt the mound
Above my breast,
But travel, memory-possessed,
To where my tremulous being found
Life largest, best.
My phantom-footed shape will go
When nightfall grays
Hither and thither along the ways
I and another used to know
In backward days.
And there you'll find me, if a jot
You still should care
For me, and for my curious air;
If otherwise, then I shall not,
For you, be there.
| Scheme | ABBAB CDDCD EFFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 11011101 0111 11010001 111100101 1101 11010111 111 10010101 10010111 0101 01111101 1111 110111001 1101111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 401 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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