Analysis of Architectural Masks
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
There is a house with ivied walls,
And mullioned windows worn and old,
And the long dwellers in those halls
Have souls that know but sordid calls,
And dote on gold.
In a blazing brick and plated show
Not far away a 'villa' gleams,
And here a family few may know,
With book and pencil, viol and bow,
Lead inner lives of dreams.
The philosophic passers say,
'See that old mansion mossed and fair,
Poetic souls therein are they:
And O that gaudy box! Away,
You vulgar people there.'
Scheme | ABAAB CDCXD EFEEF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 0110101 00110011 11111101 0111 001010101 11010101 010100111 11010101 110111 0010101 11110101 01010111 01110101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 491 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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