Analysis of She At His Funeral
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
THEY bear him to his resting-place--
In slow procession sweeping by;
I follow at a stranger's space;
His kindred they, his sweetheart I.
Unchanged my gown of garish dye,
Though sable-sad is their attire;
But they stand round with griefless eye,
Whilst my regret consumes like fire!
| Scheme | ABABBCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 01010101 11010101 1101111 01111101 110111010 1111111 110101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 325 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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