This is an analysis of Xxii: R L S by Alfred Edward Housman.
Home is the sailor, home from sea:
Her far-borne canvas furled…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbcXabab
- Stanza lengths: 4,9,
- Metre: 10010101 0111010 01110101 010001 10010001 100101 11110100 1100101 11010111 010101 10010001 010001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Anaphora
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