This is an analysis of It Nods And Curtseys And Recovers by Alfred Edward Housman.

It nods and curtseys and recovers
When the wind blows above,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 011101010 101101 010101010 110111 010101110 011111 010001010 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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