This is an analysis of Oh, When I Was In Love With You by Alfred Edward Housman.

Oh, when I was in love with you,
Then I was clean and brave,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11110101 111111 110010101 110101 11010101 110001 110011111 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

i, and

Anaphora

and