This is an analysis of Xxxv: When First My Way To Fair I Took by Alfred Edward Housman.
When first my way to fair I took
Few pence in purse had I,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcdXcbcb
- Stanza lengths: 4,9,
- Metre: 11110111 110111 11110111 111111 11110011 010111 01111101 110111 01111111 110111 01011101 111100
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
i, and
