This is an analysis of To An Athlete Dying Young by Alfred Edward Housman.
The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd bbee ffee ffdd gghhXggee
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01111101 11110101 1111101 11111101 01011101 1011111 11111111 1000101 110110001 01110111 11010101 01010101 1010111 1010011 11011111 1011101 1101101 01111101 1010101 10110101 11010101 01110101 11001101 01010101 111101001 01010101 111000101 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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