Analysis of George Meredith
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
Forty years back, when much had place
That since has perished out of mind,
I heard that voice and saw that face.
He spoke as one afoot will wind
A morning horn ere men awake;
His note was trenchant, turning kind.
He was one of those whose wit can shake
And riddle to the very core
The counterfiets that Time will break....
Of late, when we two met once more,
The luminous countenance and rare
Shone just as forty years before.
So that, when now all tongues declare
His shape unseen by his green hill,
I scarce believe he sits not there.
No matter. Further and further still
Through the world's vaprous vitiate air
His words wing on--as live words will.
Scheme | ABA BCB CDC DED EFE FEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111111 11110111 11110111 11110111 01011101 11110101 111111111 01010101 011111 11111111 010010001 11110101 11111101 11011111 11011111 110100101 101111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 655 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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