Analysis of Tolerance
Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset)
'It is a foolish thing,' said I,
'To bear with such, and pass it by;
Yet so I do, I know not why!'
And at each clash I would surmise
That if I had acted otherwise
I might have saved me many sighs.
But now the only happiness
In looking back that I possess -
Whose lack would leave me comfortless -
Is to remember I refrained
From masteries I might have gained,
And for my tolerance was disdained;
For see, a tomb. And if it were
I had bent and broke, I should not dare
To linger in the shadows there.
Scheme | AAA BBB XXB CCC XDD |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11010111 11110111 11111111 01111101 11111010 11111101 11010100 01011101 111111 11010101 111111 011100101 11010110 111011111 1100011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 493 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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