Analysis of I Was Not He
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
I was not he-the man
Who used to pilgrim to your gate,
At whose smart step you grew elate,
And rosed, as maidens can,
For a brief span.
It was not I who sang
Beside the keys you touched so true
With note-bent eyes, as if with you
It counted not whence sprang
The voice that rang . . .
Yet though my destiny
It was to miss your early sweet,
You still, when turned to you my feet,
Had sweet enough to be
A prize for me!
Scheme | ABBAA CDDCC EFFEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 11110111 11111101 011101 1011 111111 01011111 11111111 110111 0111 111100 11111101 11111111 110111 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 411 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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