Analysis of Between Us Now
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
Between us now and here--
Two thrown together
Who are not wont to wear
Life's flushest feather--
Who see the scenes slide past,
The daytimes dimming fast,
Let there be truth at last,
Even if despair.
So thoroughly and long
Have you now known me,
So real in faith and strong
Have I now shown me,
That nothing needs disguise
Further in any wise,
Or asks or justifies
A guarded tongue.
Face unto face, then, say,
Eyes my own meeting,
Is your heart far away,
Or with mine beating?
When false things are brought low,
And swift things have grown slow,
Feigning like froth shall go,
Faith be for aye.
| Scheme | XABA CCCB DEDEFFFX GHGHIIIX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011101 11010 111111 1110 110111 01101 111111 10101 110001 11111 110101 11111 110101 100101 11110 0101 110111 11110 111101 11110 111111 011111 101111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 598 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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