Analysis of Epitaph on a pessimist
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
I'm Smith of Stoke aged sixty odd
I've lived without a dame all my life
And wish to God
My dad had done the same.
| Scheme | ABAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 110101111 0111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 118 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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