Analysis of Weathers
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
This is the weather the cuckoo likes,
And so do I;
When showers betumble the chestnut spikes,
And nestlings fly;
And the little brown nightingale bills his best,
And they sit outside at 'The Traveller's Rest,'
And maids come forth sprig-muslin drest,
And citizens dream of the south and west,
And so do I.
This is the weather the shepherd shuns,
And so do I;
When beeches drip in browns and duns,
And thresh and ply;
And hill-hid tides throb, throe on throe,
And meadow rivulets overflow,
And drops on gate bars hang in a row,
And rooks in families homeward go,
And so do I.
Scheme | aBabccccB dBdbefefB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010011 0111 1101011 0101 00101100111 011111011 01111101 0100110101 0111 110100101 0111 1110101 0101 01111111 01110 011111001 010100101 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 582 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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