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.


Scheme AAAAAAABCDDCCD
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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Modified on April 26, 2023

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Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy, was not a Scottish Minister, not a Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland nor a Professor of Eccesiastical History at Edinburgh University. more…

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