This is an analysis of Along The Field As We Came By by Alfred Edward Housman.

ALONG the field as we came by
A year ago, my love and I,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee aaffXXdddd
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,
  • Metre: 01011111 01011111 01010111 11000101 11111111 01010101 11010001 11110101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11110011 11011100 11100101 11010111 11110101 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

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