Analysis of Wives in the Sere
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
Never a careworn wife but shows,
If a joy suffuse her,
Something beautiful to those
Patient to peruse her,
Some one charm the world unknows
Precious to a muser,
Haply what, ere years were foes,
Moved her mate to choose her.
But, be it a hint of rose
That an instant hues her,
Or some early light or pose
Wherewith thought renews her -
Seen by him at full, ere woes
Practised to abuse her -
Sparely comes it, swiftly goes,
Time again subdues her.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001111 101010 1010011 101010 111011 10101 111101 101110 1110111 111010 1110111 11010 1111111 11010 111101 10110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 482 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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