This is an analysis of O Why Do You Walk (A Parody) by Alfred Edward Housman.

O why do you walk through the fields in boots,
Missing so much and so much?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaaab
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1011111 1111011111 111110101 1010110101 11001001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6