This is an analysis of Xlvii: For My Funeral by Alfred Edward Housman.
O thou that from thy mansion
Through time and place to roam,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab Xcac XdXd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 1110110 111101 1101110 111101 1111110 111111 1100011 010101 1101110 111101 1101110 111111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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