This is an analysis of Xxvi: The Half-Moon Westers Low My Love by Alfred Edward Housman.
The half-moon westers low, my love,
And the wind brings up the rain;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acac
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 01110111 1011101 11011111 110101 11100111 0011111 11111111 111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
and, you
Anaphora
and
