This is an analysis of Lx: Now Hollow Fires Burn Out To Black by Alfred Edward Housman.

Now hollow fires burn out to black,
And lights are guttering low:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 110101101 1111001 1110111 111111 11011101 110111 01010111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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