Analysis of The Sweet Hussy
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
In his early days he was quite surprised
When she told him she was compromised
By meetings and lingerings at his whim,
And thinking not of herself but him;
While she lifted orbs aggrieved and round
That scandal should so soon abound,
(As she had raised them to nine or ten
Of antecedent nice young men):
And in remorse he thought with a sigh,
How good she is, and how bad am I! -
It was years before he understood
That she was the wicked one - he the good.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0110111101 11111110 11001111 010110111 111010101 11011101 111111111 1100111 000111101 111101111 11101101 1110101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 453 |
Words | 92 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 355 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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