Analysis of V.R. 1819-1901, A Reverie
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
Moments the mightiest pass uncalendared,
And when the Absolute
In backward Time outgave the deedful word
Whereby all life is stirred:
"Let one be born and throned whose mould shall constitute
The norm of every royal-reckoned attribute,"
No mortal knew or heard.
But in due days the purposed Life outshone -
Serene, sagacious, free;
--Her waxing seasons bloomed with deeds well done,
And the world's heart was won . . .
Yet may the deed of hers most bright in eyes to be
Lie hid from ours--as in the All-One's thought lay she -
Till ripening years have run.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010011 01010 01011011 011111 11110111110 011100101010 110111 101101101 0111 0101011111 001111 110110110111 1111010011111 1100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 591 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 434 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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