This is an analysis of The Fairies Break Their Dances by Alfred Edward Housman.
The fairies break their dances
And leave the printed lawn,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 0101110 110101 11010010 010101 0101110 011101 0111010 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
Anaphora
and, the
