The Moon Looks In

Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)



I

I have risen again,
And awhile survey
By my chilly ray
Through your window-pane
Your upturned face,
As you think, 'Ah - she
Now dreams of me
In her distant place!'

II

I pierce her blind
In her far-off home:
She fixes a comb,
And says in her mind,
'I start in an hour;
Whom shall I meet?
Won't the men be sweet,
And the women sour!'

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAAXBCCB DEEDFGGF
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 326
Words 72
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8

Thomas Hardy

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