Analysis of A Broken Appointment
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
You did not come,
And marching Time drew on, and wore me numb.
Yet less for loss of your dear presence there
Than that I thus found lacking in your make
That high compassion which can overbear
Reluctance for pure lovingkindness' sake
Grieved I, when, as the hope-hour stroked its sum,
You did not come.
You love not me,
And love alone can lend you loyalty;
-I know and knew it. But, unto the store
Of human deeds divine in all but name,
Was it not worth a little hour or more
To add yet this: Once you, a woman, came
To soothe a time-torn man; even though it be
You love not me.
Scheme | AabcbcaA DdefefdD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 0101110111 1111111101 1111110011 11010111 0101111 11110110111 1111 1111 0101111100 1101111001 1101010111 11110101011 1111110101 11011110111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 572 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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