Describe the metrical pattern in the following lines from Thomas Hardy

Question

Describe the metrical pattern in the following lines from Thomas Hardy's poem The Darkling Thrush.

I leaned upon a coppice gate

When frost was spectre-gray, And

Winter's dregs made desolate The

weakening eye of day.

28 May 2025

Answer :

Word Count : 244

The given lines from Thomas Hardy’s *The Darkling Thrush* follow a metrical pattern based on iambic tetrameter, though there are some metrical variations. In iambic tetrameter, each line typically consists of four iambic feet, with each foot containing an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (da-DUM). Let ___ _____ _____ _________ ______ ___ ____ _________ ________ __________ ___.
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