Analysis of The Difference
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
I
Sinking down by the gate I discern the thin moon,
And a blackbird tries over old airs in the pine,
But the moon is a sorry one, sad the bird's tune,
For this spot is unknown to that Heartmate of mine.
II
Did my Heartmate but haunt here at times such as now,
The song would be joyous and cheerful the moon;
But she will see never this gate, path, or bough,
Nor I find a joy in the scene or the tune.
Scheme | ABCBCADBDB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1 101101101011 001011011001 101101011011 11110111111 1 11111111111 01111001001 11111011111 11101001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 401 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 305 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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