This is an analysis of Xvii: The Stars Have Not Dealt Me The Worst They Could Do by Alfred Edward Housman.
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists?
And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddbb eebb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011100011101 11110101111111 110001101010101 111010101010001 101010101010110 000111101010100 11000101110101 101010100010001 101011101010111 0101110001001 111010111010111 111010101010001 111010101011101 101011100011001 101010110011101 111011111010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, to, his, for, in
Anaphora
and
