Analysis of Her Late Husband (King's-Hintock, 182-.)
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
"No--not where I shall make my own;
But dig his grave just by
The woman's with the initialed stone -
As near as he can lie -
After whose death he seemed to ail,
Though none considered why.
"And when I also claim a nook,
And your feet tread me in,
Bestow me, under my old name,
Among my kith and kin,
That strangers gazing may not dream
I did a husband win."
"Widow, your wish shall be obeyed;
Though, thought I, certainly
You'd lay him where your folk are laid,
And your grave, too, will be,
As custom hath it; you to right,
And on the left hand he."
"Aye, sexton; such the Hintock rule,
And none has said it nay;
But now it haps a native here
Eschews that ancient way . . .
And it may be, some Christmas night,
When angels walk, they'll say:
"'O strange interment! Civilized lands
Afford few types thereof;
Here is a man who takes his rest
Beside his very Love,
Beside the one who was his wife
In our sight up above!'"
Scheme | ABABXB XCXCXC DEDEFE XGXGFG XHXHXH |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111111 111111 010100101 111111 10111111 110101 01110101 011110 01110111 011101 11010111 110101 10111101 111100 11111111 011111 11011111 010111 1101011 011111 11110101 011101 01111101 110111 111101 01111 11011111 011101 01011111 0101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 972 |
Words | 183 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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