Analysis of The Rambler

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



I do not see the hills around,
Nor mark the tints the copses wear;
I do not note the grassy ground
And constellated daisies there.

I hear not the contralto note
Of cuckoos hid on either hand,
The whirr that shakes the nighthawk's throat
When eve's brown awning hoods the land.

Some say each songster, tree and mead--
All eloquent of love divine--
Receives their constant careful heed:
Such keen appraisement is not mine.

The tones around me that I hear,
The aspects, meanings, shapes I see,
Are those far back ones missed when near,
And now perceived too late by me!


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF XGXG
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11110101 1101011 11110101 01101 111011 11011101 0111011 11110101 1111101 11001101 01110101 111111 01011111 0110111 11111111 01011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 571
Words 104
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Modified on May 02, 2023

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Thomas Hardy

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