This is an analysis of Westward On The High-Hilled Plains by Alfred Edward Housman.

Westward on the high-hilled plains
Where for me the world began,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef bgbg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10101101 1110101 1110101 10100101 1110111 1011101 1111111 1011101 1110001 1010101 1011101 1010101 1111101 1110101 1011101 1011011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16