Analysis of The Puzzled Game-Birds (Triolet)
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
They are not those who used to feed us
When we were young--they cannot be -
These shapes that now bereave and bleed us?
They are not those who used to feed us, -
For would they not fair terms concede us?
- If hearts can house such treachery
They are not those who used to feed us
When we were young--they cannot be!
| Scheme | ABaAabAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Triolet |
| Metre | 111111111 11011101 111101011 111111111 111111011 11111100 111111111 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 323 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 241 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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