Analysis of Moments of Vision
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
That mirror
Which makes of men a transparency,
Who holds that mirror
And bids us such a breast-bare spectacle see
Of you and me?
That mirror
Whose magic penetrates like a dart,
Who lifts that mirror
And throws our mind back on us, and our heart,
until we start?
That mirror
Works well in these night hours of ache;
Why in that mirror
Are tincts we never see ourselves once take
When the world is awake?
That mirror
Can test each mortal when unaware;
Yea, that strange mirror
May catch his last thoughts, whole life foul or fair,
Glassing it -- where?
| Scheme | Ababb Acacc Adadd Aeaee |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 110 111100100 11110 01110111001 1101 110 11010101 11110 011011110101 0111 110 110111011 10110 11110100111 101101 110 11110101 11110 1111111111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 555 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
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